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Anthonis van Cassele (also called Antheunis van Hellegoete or Anthonis van Gent) was a cloth-shearer who was burned as a martyr on 5 July 1559. On the first Friday after Pentecost the following persons were taken prisoner in this town: [[Pieter Coerten (d. 1559)|Pieter Coerten]], [[Karel Tankreet (d. 1559)|Kaerle Tancreet]], Anthonis van Cassele, [[Hans de Vette (d. 1559) |Hans de Vette]], [[Proentgen (d. 1559)|Proentgen]], the wife of [[Karel Tankreet (d. 1559)|Kaerle]], [[Jacob Spillebout (d. 1559)|Jacob Spillebout]], [[Abraham Tancreet (d. 1559)|Abraham Tancreet]], [[Maeyken Floris (d. 1559)|Maeyken Floris]], [[Marcus de Smit (d. 1559)|Marcus de Smet]], [[Hans de Smet (d. 1559)|Hans de Smet]], [[Miertgen (d. 1560)|Maritgen]] (also called Miertgen or Mijntgen), the wife of Hans de Vette, and [[Tanneken (d. 1560)|Tanneken]], wife of Hans de Smet. All remained faithful and were burned at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]]. On 5 July 1559 the first four mentioned, then on 7 August the next six persons, finally on 27 June 1560 the last two women mentioned were burned. There are two songs about these martyrs, namely, "[[Een Liedeken van XII vrienden van Gent|Een liedeken van XII Vrienden van Gent]]" <em>(Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren, </em>No. 14) and another song that begins with the words, "Een eeuwighe vruecht die niet en vergaat," found in <em>[[Veelderhande Liedekens|Veelderhande Liedekens]] </em>(1569).
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