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Karel (Kaerle) de Raed (Raedt), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was burned at the stake at Tillegem near [[Bruges (West-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Bruges]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], on 18 May  1570 ([[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|van Braght]], <em>[[Martyrs' Mirror|<em>Martyrs Mirror</em>]], </em>erroneously 1568, without exact date). With him Hansken in 't Schaeck and Willem de Snijder suffered martyrdom, while Karel's wife [[Grietgen (d. 1570)|Grietgen]] was executed some days after. Karel, who was born at Whyngene in Flanders, and was a shepherd, had been a member of the congregation of Bruges since 1564. On Ascension Day (4 May) 1570, he was arrested with a number of other members of the congregation at a meeting held in the woods of Tillegem.
= Bibliography =
Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde 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: Part II, 654.

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: 725. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm].

Verheyden, A.L.E. <em>Het Brugsche martyrologium (12 October 1527-7 Augustus 1573)</em>. Brussels, n.d., 1944: No. 64. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.theologienet.nl/documenten/Verheyden%20Brugse%20Martyrologium.pdf.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 425.
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