Clara Vrencken (d. 1549)

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Clara Vrencken (or Vrancken), sister-in-law of Metken, an Anabaptist martyr, was burned at the stake on 22 August 1549 at Valkenburg, Dutch province of Limburg. She was baptized and lived at Visschersweert. The imprisonment lasted 15 days. Further particulars are lacking.

Bibliography

Bax, Willem. Het protestantisme in het bisdom Luik en vooral te Maastricht, 2 vols. s-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, 1937-1941: v. I, 327.

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


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1953

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Clara Vrencken (d. 1549)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Clara_Vrencken_(d._1549)&oldid=79701.

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1953). Clara Vrencken (d. 1549). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Clara_Vrencken_(d._1549)&oldid=79701.



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