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Martinus Duncanus (or Maerten Dunck) of Wormer, was born ca. 1506 at [[Kempen (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Kempen]] near [[Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Krefeld]]. He was a Catholic priest, who lived in the focus of the [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] movement in Waterland in [[Netherlands|Holland]] in 1535. At least 57 persons in his village were persecuted, of whom 32 had taken part in the procession to [[Münster Anabaptists|Münster]]. He was one of the first Catholic opponents of [[Menno Simons (1496-1561)|Menno Simons]]. His book, <em>Anabaptisticae haereseos conjutatio </em>(1549 at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]]), is one of the most violent ever published against the Dutch Anabaptists. He gave it to the city of [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]] and received as a gift from the mayors of the city the sum of 22.80 guilders (12 "Caroli-daalders"). As inquisitor of several persons baptized by [[Gillis van Aken (ca. 1500-1557)|Gillis van Aken]] he earned 5.70 florins in the same year. Later Duncanus was priest at [[Delft (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Delft]], deacon at the Hague, and from 1572-1578 priest at Amsterdam. He died in [[Amersfoort (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Amersfoort]] in 1593. It is probable that he gave [[Walrave, Simon (b. ca. 1570)|Simon Walrave]] information on a number of items mentioned in Walrave's <em>Successio Anabaptistica </em>(1603). In addition Duncanus wrote a less significant book, <em>Van die Kinderdoop </em>(Antwerp,1593). When Amsterdam joined the party of [[William I, Prince of Orange (1533-1584)|William of Orange]], Duncanus was one of the persons expelled from the city.
= Bibliography =
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Rütter, F. <em>Martin Bonk (Dunkanus) 1505-1590. </em>Münster, 1906.

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