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Grietgen (Margriete van den Berghe) of [[Lier (Antwerp, Belgium)|Lier]] in [[Brabant (Belgium/Netherlands)|Brabant]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was seized with three fellow believers ([[Goris Cooman (d. 1551)|Goris Cooman]], [[Naenken Bornaige (d. 1551)|Naentgen Bornaige]], and [[Wouter (d. 1551)|Wouter van der Weyden]]) at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], Belgium, in 1551, whither they had all fled from Lier in Brabant. She had been baptized by Gillis den Dooper, presumably [[Gillis van Aken (ca. 1500-1557)|Gillis van Aken]]. Because she steadfastly confessed her faith she was sentenced to death by fire, which she cheerfully endured. The death of these four martyrs is sung in a hymn of 24 stanzas, beginning "Doemen vijftienhondert schreve, daertoe een en vijftich jaer," found in [[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|<em>Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren</em>]], No. 4. | Grietgen (Margriete van den Berghe) of [[Lier (Antwerp, Belgium)|Lier]] in [[Brabant (Belgium/Netherlands)|Brabant]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was seized with three fellow believers ([[Goris Cooman (d. 1551)|Goris Cooman]], [[Naenken Bornaige (d. 1551)|Naentgen Bornaige]], and [[Wouter (d. 1551)|Wouter van der Weyden]]) at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], Belgium, in 1551, whither they had all fled from Lier in Brabant. She had been baptized by Gillis den Dooper, presumably [[Gillis van Aken (ca. 1500-1557)|Gillis van Aken]]. Because she steadfastly confessed her faith she was sentenced to death by fire, which she cheerfully endured. The death of these four martyrs is sung in a hymn of 24 stanzas, beginning "Doemen vijftienhondert schreve, daertoe een en vijftich jaer," found in [[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|<em>Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren</em>]], No. 4. | ||
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
− | + | ''Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . .'' N.p., 1570: 516. 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 | + | 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: II, 106. |
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: 503. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/ 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: 503. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/ http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm. ] | ||
− | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. | + | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 175. |
Verheyden, A. L. E. <em>Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595)</em>. Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 13, No. 21. | Verheyden, A. L. E. <em>Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595)</em>. Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 13, No. 21. | ||
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Grietgen (Margriete van den Berghe) of Lier in Brabant, Belgium, an Anabaptist martyr, was seized with three fellow believers (Goris Cooman, Naentgen Bornaige, and Wouter van der Weyden) at Ghent, Belgium, in 1551, whither they had all fled from Lier in Brabant. She had been baptized by Gillis den Dooper, presumably Gillis van Aken. Because she steadfastly confessed her faith she was sentenced to death by fire, which she cheerfully endured. The death of these four martyrs is sung in a hymn of 24 stanzas, beginning "Doemen vijftienhondert schreve, daertoe een en vijftich jaer," found in Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren, No. 4.
Bibliography
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 516. 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: II, 106.
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: 503. 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. II, 175.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 13, No. 21.
Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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Date Published | 1956 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Grietgen (d. 1551)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 17 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Grietgen_(d._1551)&oldid=162758.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Grietgen (d. 1551). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 17 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Grietgen_(d._1551)&oldid=162758.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 581. All rights reserved.
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