| The Martyrs of Gorkum | |
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| Born | 16th century |
| Died | 9 July 1572, Brielle, County of Holland, Holy Roman Empire |
| Martyred by | The Watergeuzen |
| Means of martyrdom | Hanging |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church (Netherlands and the Order of Friars Minor) |
| Beatified | 14 November 1675, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Clement X |
| Canonized | 29 June 1867[1], Rome, Papal States, by Pope Pius IX |
| Major shrine | Church of St. Nicholas, Brussels, Belgium |
| Feast | 9 July |
| Notable martyrs | Nicholas Pieck; Hieronymus of Weert; Theodorus van der Eem; Nicasius Janssen; Willehad of Denmark; Godefried of Mervel; Antonius of Weert; Antonius of Hoornaer; Franciseus de Roye of Brussels; Godefried van Duynsen of Gorkum, Joannes van Hoornaer, Jacobus Lacops of Oudenaar, Adrianus Janssen of Hilvarenbeek, Andreas Wouters of Heynoord and Joannes Lenartz of Oisterwijk |
The Martyrs of Gorkum (Dutch: Martelaren van Gorcum) were a group of 19 Dutch Catholic clerics, secular and religious, who were hanged on 9 July 1572 in the town of Brielle by militant Dutch Calvinists during the 16th-century religious wars—specifically, the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule, which developed into the Eighty Years' War.