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 Dirk Willems here turns around to save his persecutor's life; was then captured, imprisoned, and burned outside Asperen, AD 1569 |
Martydom of Dirk Willems Dirk Willems was running away from a papist persecutor over the ice of a pond. Suddenly, he heard a voice crying for help. Seeing the persecutor braking through the ice, Dirk turned back, and saved him. The persecutor wanted to let him go, but the burgomaster did not allow to do so. Dirk was thrown into a secure prison, and burned. Asperen, Holland, AD 1569.
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