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Gomer (Gommer) de Metser (Gomer the mason), in the records called Gommare de Clercq, was an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, a mason by trade. He was a native of [[Lier (Antwerp, Belgium)|Lier]] in [[Brabant (Belgium/Netherlands)|Brabant]]. He was arrested in [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]] and put to death there on 1 February 1560, together with Pedro de Soza and [[Jacob Schot (d. 1560)|Jacob Schot]]. They were executed by drowning in a tub, a method ordinarily used only for women. Gomer remained steadfast. He is celebrated in the song "Aenhoert Godt hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father), found in the [[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren]], No. 16. | Gomer (Gommer) de Metser (Gomer the mason), in the records called Gommare de Clercq, was an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, a mason by trade. He was a native of [[Lier (Antwerp, Belgium)|Lier]] in [[Brabant (Belgium/Netherlands)|Brabant]]. He was arrested in [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]] and put to death there on 1 February 1560, together with Pedro de Soza and [[Jacob Schot (d. 1560)|Jacob Schot]]. They were executed by drowning in a tub, a method ordinarily used only for women. Gomer remained steadfast. He is celebrated in the song "Aenhoert Godt hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father), found in the [[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren]], No. 16. | ||
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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 | + | 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, 270. |
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: 640. 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: 640. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/ http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm]. | ||
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Génard, Petrus. <em>Antwerpsch archievenblad</em>: IX, 6, 11; XIV, 28 f., No. 311. | Génard, Petrus. <em>Antwerpsch archievenblad</em>: IX, 6, 11; XIV, 28 f., No. 311. | ||
| − | + | ''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/ | |
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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Gomer (Gommer) de Metser (Gomer the mason), in the records called Gommare de Clercq, was an Anabaptist martyr, a mason by trade. He was a native of Lier in Brabant. He was arrested in Antwerp and put to death there on 1 February 1560, together with Pedro de Soza and Jacob Schot. They were executed by drowning in a tub, a method ordinarily used only for women. Gomer remained steadfast. He is celebrated in the song "Aenhoert Godt hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father), found in the Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren, No. 16.
Bibliography
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, 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: 640. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Génard, Petrus. Antwerpsch archievenblad: IX, 6, 11; XIV, 28 f., No. 311.
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/
Wolkan, Rudolf. Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1965: 63, 72.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1956 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Gomer de Metser (d. 1560)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Gomer_de_Metser_(d._1560)&oldid=162625.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Gomer de Metser (d. 1560). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Gomer_de_Metser_(d._1560)&oldid=162625.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 540. All rights reserved.
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