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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.
Pottebacker, and
 
 
 
Laurens van der Leyen,
 
 
 
Antwerp, 1559.
 
 
 
Engraving by [[Luiken, Jan (1649-1712)|Jan Luiken]]
 
 
 
in [[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs Mirror]],
 
 
 
v. 2, p. 263 of Dutch
 
 
 
edition. Scan provided
 
 
 
by [http://www.bethelks.edu/mla/holdings/scans/martyrsmirror/ Mennonite Library
 
 
 
and Archives]'']]     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.
 
 
= Bibliography =
 
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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.
  
<em>Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . </em>N.p., 1570: 567.
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''Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . .'' N.p., 1570: 567. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/
  
Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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</em>. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685. Part II: 262.
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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</em>. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 262.
  
 
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: 633. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.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: 633. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm].
  
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 385.
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Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 385.
  
 
Wolkan, Rudolf. <em>Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer</em>. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 63, 72.
 
Wolkan, Rudolf. <em>Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer</em>. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 63, 72.
 
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Latest revision as of 11:47, 17 December 2018

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.

Bibliography

Antwerpsch archievenblad IX: 5, 10; XIV: 26 f., No. 302.

Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 567. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/

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
Date Published 1957

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