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Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs Mirror, v. 2, p. 503 of Dutch edition.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Arent van Essen, an Anabaptist martyr, an elder and schoolteacher, was captured with his wife Ursula (Ursel), Neeltgen, an old woman, and her daughter Tryntgen, at Maastricht by the bailiffs of Alba, and after the most cruel torture all four were burned at the stake. Arent and Ursel on 10 January 1570, and Neeltgen and Tryntgen on 24 January 1570.
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 502.
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| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Arent van Essen (d. 1570)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Arent_van_Essen_(d._1570)&oldid=156335.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1953). Arent van Essen (d. 1570). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Arent_van_Essen_(d._1570)&oldid=156335.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 153. All rights reserved.
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