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Janneken Mels (Janneken Melchior Simonsse or Simonsdochter), from [[Brielle (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Brielle]], Dutch province of [[South Holland (Netherlands) |South Holland]], and baptized there in 1536 by [[Cornelis wt den Briel (d. 1535)|Cornelis Pieters]] (Cornelis wt den Briel), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was beheaded on 4 September at [[Zierikzee (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Zierikzee]], Dutch province of [[Zeeland (Netherlands)|Zeeland]]. Janneken and three other Anabaptists were apprehended early in the morning of 20 July 1536; after imprisonment, trial, and torture all four died loyally. During the trial one of the burgomasters had snarled to them: "We care not for your Word of God, but hold to the mandate of the Emperor, and shall ignominiously exterminate all those who act contrary to it." | Janneken Mels (Janneken Melchior Simonsse or Simonsdochter), from [[Brielle (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Brielle]], Dutch province of [[South Holland (Netherlands) |South Holland]], and baptized there in 1536 by [[Cornelis wt den Briel (d. 1535)|Cornelis Pieters]] (Cornelis wt den Briel), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was beheaded on 4 September at [[Zierikzee (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Zierikzee]], Dutch province of [[Zeeland (Netherlands)|Zeeland]]. Janneken and three other Anabaptists were apprehended early in the morning of 20 July 1536; after imprisonment, trial, and torture all four died loyally. During the trial one of the burgomasters had snarled to them: "We care not for your Word of God, but hold to the mandate of the Emperor, and shall ignominiously exterminate all those who act contrary to it." | ||
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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. Den Tweeden Druk</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: II, 38. | 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: II, 38. | ||
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Mellink, Albert F.<em> De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544</em>. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 227, 317. | Mellink, Albert F.<em> De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544</em>. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 227, 317. | ||
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Janneken Mels (Janneken Melchior Simonsse or Simonsdochter), from Brielle, Dutch province of South Holland, and baptized there in 1536 by Cornelis Pieters (Cornelis wt den Briel), an Anabaptist martyr, was beheaded on 4 September at Zierikzee, Dutch province of Zeeland. Janneken and three other Anabaptists were apprehended early in the morning of 20 July 1536; after imprisonment, trial, and torture all four died loyally. During the trial one of the burgomasters had snarled to them: "We care not for your Word of God, but hold to the mandate of the Emperor, and shall ignominiously exterminate all those who act contrary to it."
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, 38.
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: 445. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 227, 317.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Janneken Mels (d. 1536)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Janneken_Mels_(d._1536)&oldid=82635.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Janneken Mels (d. 1536). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Janneken_Mels_(d._1536)&oldid=82635.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 88. All rights reserved.
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