Guido de Bres

Guido de Bres (1522–1567) was a Walloon Reformed pastor and theologian, born at Mons in Hainaut. Trained as a glass painter, he embraced Protestantism in his youth and fled to England in 1548. He later studied under John Calvin in Geneva, returning around 1559 to the Low Countries as a travelling preacher.

In 1561 he drafted the Belgic Confession for the Spanish government and threw it over Tournai's castle wall to reach the governor. After the Siege of Valenciennes he was tried by the Spanish Inquisition and hanged in the city in May 1567.