1762 |
January 4, birth of Jan-Baptist |
179x |
priesthood in the parish of Sleidinge near Eeklo |
1797 |
refuses to comply to the wishes of the French Directoire, hides in the parish |
1798 |
arrested and convicted to be deported to South America (Guyana) |
1799 |
male nurse in the military hospital of Saint-Martin-de-Ré |
1805 |
his father pays an important sum of money for his release |
1806 |
returns to his parish |
1808 |
June 19, sudden death during mass in Heusden (46) |
In 1868 this memorial was erected in the church of Heusden :
D.O.M.
HIER
LIGT BEGRAVEN
DE
EERW. HEER JOANNES BAPTISTA DE SMET
GEBOREN
TE DENDERMONDE
VAN
JUDOCUS EN MARIA JOANNA DUERINCK
DIE NA
VII JAREN BALLINGSCHAP
VOOR
HET GELOOF, OP HET EILAND RÉ,
IS
PASTOOR GEWORDEN
VAN
HEUSDEN,
EN
ALDAAR OVERLEDEN OP H.SACRAMENTSDAG,
TOEN HY
OP DE LIEFDE VAN JEZUS PREDIXTE,
DEN XIX
JUNY MDCCCVIII, OUD
XLIX
JAREN.
BIDT
VOOR DE ZIELE.
R.I.P.