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| − | [[File:MM2_263_large.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Martyrdom of Andries | + | [[File:MM2_263_large.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Martyrdom of Andries Langedul, Mattheus Pottebacker, and Laurens van der Leyen, Antwerp, 1559. <br /> |
| − | + | Engraving by [[Luiken, Jan (1649-1712)|Jan Luiken]] in [[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs Mirror]], v. 2, p. 263 of Dutch edition.<br /> | |
| − | Langedul, Mattheus | + | Source: [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-OB-44.283 Rijksmuseum].'']] |
| − | + | Mattheus Pottebacker (Mattheus de Smidt or Smet), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, beheaded with two other martyrs on 9 (or 4) November 1559 in the Steen castle at Antwerp, Belgium. Mattheus had been (re)-baptized by [[Gillis van Aken (ca. 1500-1557)|Gillis van Aken]]. His name is found in the hymn "Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father), found in the Dutch hymnals [[Nieu Liedenboeck, Een|<em>Nieu Liedenboeck</em>]] of 1562 and [[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|<em>Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren</em>]] (No. 16) of 1563. | |
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<em>Antwerpsch archievenblad</em> IX: 5, 10; XIV: 26 f., No. 302. | <em>Antwerpsch archievenblad</em> IX: 5, 10; XIV: 26 f., No. 302. | ||
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Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs Mirror, v. 2, p. 263 of Dutch edition.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Mattheus Pottebacker (Mattheus de Smidt or Smet), an Anabaptist martyr, beheaded with two other martyrs on 9 (or 4) November 1559 in the Steen castle at Antwerp, Belgium. Mattheus had been (re)-baptized by Gillis van Aken. His name is found in the hymn "Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father), found in the Dutch hymnals Nieu Liedenboeck of 1562 and Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren (No. 16) of 1563.
Bibliography
Antwerpsch archievenblad IX: 5, 10; XIV: 26 f., No. 302.
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 567.
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, 262.
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: 633. 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. III, 385.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 63, 72.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Mattheus Pottebacker (d. 1559)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 24 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mattheus_Pottebacker_(d._1559)&oldid=141393.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Mattheus Pottebacker (d. 1559). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mattheus_Pottebacker_(d._1559)&oldid=141393.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 539. All rights reserved.
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