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Gorcums Museum 2015 – Torture of the Martyrs of Gorkum

Gorcums Museum 2015 – Torture of the Martyrs of Gorkum
Nineteen catholic clerics and friars were hanged in 1572 by Lumey, leader of the protestant rebel forces. They were first tortured. They were declared saints in 1867.
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 Latium
Latium
Aren't human beings wonderful!
9 years ago.
 Michiel 2005
Michiel 2005 club
The murder of the martyrs of Gorcum came after years of repression of protestants by the catholics. Lumey vowed to take revenge after the murder of two noblemen, the counts of Horne and Egmont in 1568.
9 years ago.
 Latium
Latium
Same in England in the same period, utterly appalling.
9 years ago.

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