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Johannes Pistorius (Jan de Bakker or Jan Jansz van Woerden), b. 1499, was the first victim of the [[Inquisition|Inquisition]] in the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]]. He was a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] priest who rejected the doctrine of the Mass and other Catholic doctrines. From 11 July to 7 September 1525, Pistorius was interrogated by the inquisitor [[Tapper, Ruardus (1485-1559)|Ruardus Tapper]]<em>. </em>He was arrested in May 1525 and imprisoned at The Hague. One of his prison mates was [[Gnapheus, Guilhelmus (1493-1568)|Guilhelmus (Willem) Gnapheus]]<em>, </em>to whom he dictated the questions of the inquisitors and his own answers and who then wrote a circumstantial account of the cross-examinations of Pistorius. In the sentence he is called a Lutheran, but this means merely that he was a [[Sacramentists|Sacramentist]].<em> </em>He was burned at the stake at The Hague on 15 September 1525.
= Bibliography =
Hoop Scheffer,  J. G. de. <em>Geschiedenis der Kerkhervorming in Nederland . . . tot 1531. </em>Amsterdam, 1873: 360-389 and <em>passim.</em>
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