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| − | [[File:mm-bk2-p165.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Capture of Augustijn, a baker, | + | [[File:mm-bk2-p165.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Capture of Augustijn, a baker, Beverwijk, 1556.<br /> |
| − | + | Engraving by Jan Luiken in [[Martyrs' Mirror]], v. 2, p. 165 of Dutch edition.<br /> | |
| − | Beverwijk, 1556. Engraving by | + | Scan provided by [http://www.bethelks.edu/mla/holdings/scans/martyrsmirror/ Mennonite Library and Archives]'']] |
| − | + | Augustijn de Backer, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was arrested while kneading dough in his bakery at [[Beverwijk (Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Beverwijk]], in the Dutch province of [[North Holland (Netherlands)|North Holland]]. He was sentenced to death because he was rebaptized. He suffered a very cruel death, being bound to a ladder and thus thrown into the fire. The exact year of execution is not known, although 1556 is usually accepted. | |
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde 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</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 165. | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde 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</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 165. | ||
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Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 96. | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 96. | ||
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Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs' Mirror, v. 2, p. 165 of Dutch edition.
Scan provided by Mennonite Library and Archives
Augustijn de Backer, an Anabaptist martyr, was arrested while kneading dough in his bakery at Beverwijk, in the Dutch province of North Holland. He was sentenced to death because he was rebaptized. He suffered a very cruel death, being bound to a ladder and thus thrown into the fire. The exact year of execution is not known, although 1556 is usually accepted.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde 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, 165.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 553. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 96.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Augustijn de Backer (d. ca. 1556)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 26 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Augustijn_de_Backer_(d._ca._1556)&oldid=129714.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1953). Augustijn de Backer (d. ca. 1556). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 26 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Augustijn_de_Backer_(d._ca._1556)&oldid=129714.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 189. All rights reserved.
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