Saint James Lacop

Memorial: 9 July
Profile: Norbertine monk at Middelburg. In 1566 he apostatized, writing and preaching against the Church. He later repented, rejoined his order, and retired to his abbey to do penance. One of the Gorkum Martyrs.
Born: at Oudenarden, Flanders, Belgium
Died: martyred by Calvinists in 1572
Canonized: 1867
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