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Laurens (Lauwerens) Allaerts (Loys Alaert) was an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr. He was burned at the stake at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], on 16 July 1562, with [[Pieter van Maldeghem (d. 1562)|Pieter van Maldeghem]], [[Jacques Bostijn (d. 1562)|Jacques Bostijn]], and Pieter van Maele. Laurens was a citizen of Ghent, a maker of bags <em>(taschmaker)</em>, and 30 years of age. His wife [[Kathelijne van Lokerhoute (1523-1563)|Kathelijne van Lokerhoute]] had suffered martyrdom at Gent on 24 March 1562. The names of Laurens and his three fellow martyrs are found in the song, "Als men schreef duyst vijfhondert jaer ende twee en tsestich mede," found in the supplement to the <em>[[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren]]</em> (No. 1).
= Bibliography =
Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe</em>. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: II, 289.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660.</em> Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 656. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm].

''Dit Boec wort  genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . .'' N.p., 1570: 649. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon''. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 29.

Verheyden, A. L. E. <em>Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595).</em> Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 28, No 86.
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