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Willem de Cleermaker (Willem Enckus or Enchus), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, executed 5 October 1560, at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]], Belgium, by being drowned secretly within the Steen castle. [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|Van Braght]]'s information that he was burned at the stake on the market place early in the morning is incorrect. Van Braght gives only the year 1560, not the exact date. Willem was a native of Berg in the district of Cologne, Germany. He died after a frank and valiant confession of faith, and is commemorated in the hymn "Een nieuwe liedt" (a new song), No. 10 of the [[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|<em>Lietboecxken</em>]]. | Willem de Cleermaker (Willem Enckus or Enchus), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, executed 5 October 1560, at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]], Belgium, by being drowned secretly within the Steen castle. [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|Van Braght]]'s information that he was burned at the stake on the market place early in the morning is incorrect. Van Braght gives only the year 1560, not the exact date. Willem was a native of Berg in the district of Cologne, Germany. He died after a frank and valiant confession of faith, and is commemorated in the hymn "Een nieuwe liedt" (a new song), No. 10 of the [[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|<em>Lietboecxken</em>]]. | ||
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
| − | 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. Den Tweeden Druk</em>. 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. Den Tweeden Druk</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 275. |
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: 645. | 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: 645. | ||
| − | <em>Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des | + | <em>Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . .</em> N.p., 1562, 1567, 1570, 1578, 1580, Amsterdam, 1590, n.p., 1591, Amsterdam, 1595, Harlingen, 1599: 544-47. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/ |
Génard, P. <em>Antwerpsch archievenblad </em>IX, 114, 121; XIV, 30f., No. 332. | Génard, P. <em>Antwerpsch archievenblad </em>IX, 114, 121; XIV, 30f., No. 332. | ||
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Willem de Cleermaker (Willem Enckus or Enchus), an Anabaptist martyr, executed 5 October 1560, at Antwerp, Belgium, by being drowned secretly within the Steen castle. Van Braght's information that he was burned at the stake on the market place early in the morning is incorrect. Van Braght gives only the year 1560, not the exact date. Willem was a native of Berg in the district of Cologne, Germany. He died after a frank and valiant confession of faith, and is commemorated in the hymn "Een nieuwe liedt" (a new song), No. 10 of the Lietboecxken.
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: Part II, 275.
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: 645.
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1562, 1567, 1570, 1578, 1580, Amsterdam, 1590, n.p., 1591, Amsterdam, 1595, Harlingen, 1599: 544-47. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/
Génard, P. Antwerpsch archievenblad IX, 114, 121; XIV, 30f., No. 332.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 62, 71.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Willem de Cleermaker (d. 1560)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 29 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Willem_de_Cleermaker_(d._1560)&oldid=162635.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Willem de Cleermaker (d. 1560). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 29 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Willem_de_Cleermaker_(d._1560)&oldid=162635.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 953. All rights reserved.
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