Mattheus Pottebacker (d. 1559)

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Martyrdom of Andries Langedul, Mattheus Pottebacker, and Laurens van der Leyen, Antwerp, 1559.
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.

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Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1957

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Mattheus Pottebacker (d. 1559)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mattheus_Pottebacker_(d._1559)&oldid=144354.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Mattheus Pottebacker (d. 1559). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mattheus_Pottebacker_(d._1559)&oldid=144354.



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