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Michiel Buyse (Buesse, Buerse), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was captured in [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], on 13 January 1589, with [[Joos de Tollenaere (ca. 1539-1589)|Joos de Tollenaere]] and Josyntgen Swynts ([[Sijntgen Wens (d. 1589)|Sijntgen Wens]]). "After much temptation and torment in which they constantly remained steadfast" they were condemned to die as heretics. On 13 April they were secretly hanged on a pillar in the [[Gravensteen, Het (Ghent, Belgium)|Gravensteen castle]] at Ghent. Then the executioner hung the corpses of the men on the gallows outside, while Sijntgen was buried beneath it. Michiel was 40 years of age, and married. By trade he was a weaver. In 1578 or 1579 he had been (re)baptized at [[Meenen (West-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Meenen]]. | Michiel Buyse (Buesse, Buerse), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was captured in [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], on 13 January 1589, with [[Joos de Tollenaere (ca. 1539-1589)|Joos de Tollenaere]] and Josyntgen Swynts ([[Sijntgen Wens (d. 1589)|Sijntgen Wens]]). "After much temptation and torment in which they constantly remained steadfast" they were condemned to die as heretics. On 13 April they were secretly hanged on a pillar in the [[Gravensteen, Het (Ghent, Belgium)|Gravensteen castle]] at Ghent. Then the executioner hung the corpses of the men on the gallows outside, while Sijntgen was buried beneath it. Michiel was 40 years of age, and married. By trade he was a weaver. In 1578 or 1579 he had been (re)baptized at [[Meenen (West-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Meenen]]. | ||
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| − | 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. Den Tweeden Druk. </em>Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685 | + | 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. Den Tweeden Druk. </em>Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 767. |
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: 1069. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm]. | 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: 1069. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm]. | ||
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Michiel Buyse (Buesse, Buerse), an Anabaptist martyr, was captured in Ghent, Belgium, on 13 January 1589, with Joos de Tollenaere and Josyntgen Swynts (Sijntgen Wens). "After much temptation and torment in which they constantly remained steadfast" they were condemned to die as heretics. On 13 April they were secretly hanged on a pillar in the Gravensteen castle at Ghent. Then the executioner hung the corpses of the men on the gallows outside, while Sijntgen was buried beneath it. Michiel was 40 years of age, and married. By trade he was a weaver. In 1578 or 1579 he had been (re)baptized at Meenen.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. 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. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 767.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. 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. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 1069. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 313.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 68, No. 247.
| Author(s) | Otto Hege |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Hege, Otto. (1957). Michiel Buyse (d. 1589). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Michiel_Buyse_(d._1589)&oldid=130008.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 670. All rights reserved.
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