Petrus van Kalmpthout

Peter Janssens van Kalmthout was a Norbertine priest from the Duchy of Brabant who was murdered by Dutch rebels on the night of 16 April 1572.

Janssens was born in Kalmthout around 1535, the son of a tenant of Tongerlo Abbey.

Around 1566 he was installed as priest of the dependent parish of Haaren, near Oisterwijk, where he preached against the Reformed.

[1] On the night of 16 April 1572, a gang of rebels plundered the rectory and tortured the parish priest, demanding that he renounce the Catholic faith.

[2] In art he is shown as a Norbertine priest holding the axe with which he was beheaded.