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Orvel, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr. [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|Van Braght's]] <em>[[Martyrs' Mirror]]</em> contains an account of three martyrs, Orvel, [[Jan (d. 1551)|Jan]], and [[Pleun (d. 1551)|Pleunis]], who were drowned in the Rhine at Cologne, [[Germany|Germany]], in 1561. This account is inexact and incomplete. Orvel and Jan were very likely the same person, with the name Johann von Orvel (Johann von Orvall). He was a cobbler. On 29 November 1561, after severe torture, he was drowned in the Rhine at Cologne with the tailor [[Plonius (d. 1561)|Plonius]] from [[Emmerich am Rhein (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Emmerich]]. | Orvel, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr. [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|Van Braght's]] <em>[[Martyrs' Mirror]]</em> contains an account of three martyrs, Orvel, [[Jan (d. 1551)|Jan]], and [[Pleun (d. 1551)|Pleunis]], who were drowned in the Rhine at Cologne, [[Germany|Germany]], in 1561. This account is inexact and incomplete. Orvel and Jan were very likely the same person, with the name Johann von Orvel (Johann von Orvall). He was a cobbler. On 29 November 1561, after severe torture, he was drowned in the Rhine at Cologne with the tailor [[Plonius (d. 1561)|Plonius]] from [[Emmerich am Rhein (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Emmerich]]. | ||
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| − | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde 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</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts | + | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde 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</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 286. |
Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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</em>. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 654. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm]. | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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</em>. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 654. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm]. | ||
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Orvel, an Anabaptist martyr. Van Braght's Martyrs' Mirror contains an account of three martyrs, Orvel, Jan, and Pleunis, who were drowned in the Rhine at Cologne, Germany, in 1561. This account is inexact and incomplete. Orvel and Jan were very likely the same person, with the name Johann von Orvel (Johann von Orvall). He was a cobbler. On 29 November 1561, after severe torture, he was drowned in the Rhine at Cologne with the tailor Plonius from Emmerich.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde 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, 286.
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: 654. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm.
Crous, Ernst. "Auf Mennos Spuren am Niederrhein." Der Mennonit 9 (1956): No. 1, 11.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols.Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 311.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Orvel (d. 1561)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Orvel_(d._1561)&oldid=129629.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Orvel (d. 1561). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Orvel_(d._1561)&oldid=129629.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 88, 1098. All rights reserved.
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