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Cecilia Jheronimusd, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, the wife of [[Jacob Claesz (d. 1549)|Jacob Claesz of Landsmeer,]] was burned at the stake at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]], 9 November 1549, together with her husband. This Cecilia, who was a native of the village of [[Wormer (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Wormer]], is the same person as the martyr [[Seli (d. 1549)|Seli]] listed by [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|van Braght]], whose martyrdom he places in 1542.
= Bibliography =
Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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</em>. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: II, 85.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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</em>. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 485. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm].

<em>Doopsgezinde Bijdragen</em> (1917): 173.

Grosheide, Greta. <em>Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der Anabaptisten in Amsterdam</em>.  Hilversum: J. Schipper, Jr., 1938: 158, 308.

Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de.<em> Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam</em>, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I, No. 357.
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