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and Marietje van Aken, Antwerp, 1560. | and Marietje van Aken, Antwerp, 1560. | ||
| − | Engraving by Jan Luiken in [[Martyrs' Mirror| | + | Engraving by Jan Luiken in [[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs |
| − | Mirror , v. 2, p. 271 of Dutch | + | Mirror]], v. 2, p. 271 of Dutch |
| − | edition. Scan provided by | + | edition. Scan provided by |
| − | [http://www.bethelks.edu/mla/holdings/scans/martyrsmirror/ Mennonite Library and Archives] | + | [http://www.bethelks.edu/mla/holdings/scans/martyrsmirror/ Mennonite Library and Archives]'']] Janneken van Aken (<em>Jenneken Eghels</em>), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, drowned in a wine-cask, 3 April 1560 inside the [[Steen (Antwerp, Belgium)|Steen castle]] (prison) at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], together with [[Lenaert Plovier (d. 1560)|Lenaert Plovier]] and [[Maeyken de Hont (d. 1560)|Mayken de Hont]]. Particulars about this martyr are lacking. We only know that she was born at Haerlebeke near [[Kortrijk (West-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Kortrijk]] in [[Flanders (Belgium)|Flanders]]. Her name is celebrated in the hymn "Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader" in the [[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|<em>Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren</em>]]; she may be the author of the song "Verhuecht verblijt groot ende cleijn" of this <em>Lietboecxken</em>. |
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| − | '']] Janneken van Aken (<em>Jenneken Eghels</em>), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, drowned in a wine-cask, 3 April 1560 inside the [[Steen (Antwerp, Belgium)|Steen castle]] (prison) at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], together with [[Lenaert Plovier (d. 1560)|Lenaert Plovier]] and [[Maeyken de Hont (d. 1560)|Mayken de Hont]]. Particulars about this martyr are lacking. We only know that she was born at Haerlebeke near [[Kortrijk (West-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Kortrijk]] in [[Flanders (Belgium)|Flanders]]. Her name is celebrated in the hymn "Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader" in the [[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een| | ||
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
<em>Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . .</em> N.p., 1578: 552 f., 567. | <em>Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . .</em> N.p., 1578: 552 f., 567. | ||
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Janneken van Aken (Jenneken Eghels), an Anabaptist martyr, drowned in a wine-cask, 3 April 1560 inside the Steen castle (prison) at Antwerp, Belgium, together with Lenaert Plovier and Mayken de Hont. Particulars about this martyr are lacking. We only know that she was born at Haerlebeke near Kortrijk in Flanders. Her name is celebrated in the hymn "Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader" in the Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren; she may be the author of the song "Verhuecht verblijt groot ende cleijn" of this Lietboecxken.
Bibliography
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1578: 552 f., 567.
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, 270.
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: 641. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Génard, Petrus. Antwerpsch archievenblad. Antwerpen, Belgium: Stadsarchief te Antwerpen: IX, 7, 12; XIV, 28 f., No. 316.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 389.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Janneken van Aken (d. 1560)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Janneken_van_Aken_(d._1560)&oldid=95487.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Janneken van Aken (d. 1560). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Janneken_van_Aken_(d._1560)&oldid=95487.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pp. 87-88. All rights reserved.
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