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Hans de Vette, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was executed at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], 5 July 1559. With his wife and eleven other Anabaptists, including [[Hans de Smet (d. 1559)|Hans de Smet]], he was thrown into prison at Ghent on Friday after Pentecost in 1559, when their meeting had been betrayed. They were executed on different days. All remained true to their faith. Hans de Vette wrote a "confession" in prison, in which he describes his trial in detail. Hans was a native of [[Waasten (Hainaut, Belgium)|Waastene]] (Warneton) in West Flanders, and a dyer by trade. His wife Miertgen was executed on 27 June 1560. A song on Hans is found in <em>Offer der Heeren</em>, which begins "Hebt goeden moet, o broeders van weerden." A hymn commemorating the whole group is found in the <em>Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren</em> (No. 14), "Ick moet een liet beginnen." | Hans de Vette, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was executed at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], 5 July 1559. With his wife and eleven other Anabaptists, including [[Hans de Smet (d. 1559)|Hans de Smet]], he was thrown into prison at Ghent on Friday after Pentecost in 1559, when their meeting had been betrayed. They were executed on different days. All remained true to their faith. Hans de Vette wrote a "confession" in prison, in which he describes his trial in detail. Hans was a native of [[Waasten (Hainaut, Belgium)|Waastene]] (Warneton) in West Flanders, and a dyer by trade. His wife Miertgen was executed on 27 June 1560. A song on Hans is found in <em>Offer der Heeren</em>, which begins "Hebt goeden moet, o broeders van weerden." A hymn commemorating the whole group is found in the <em>Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren</em> (No. 14), "Ick moet een liet beginnen." | ||
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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: Part II, 246 ff. | 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, 246 ff. | ||
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Wolkan, Rudolf. <em>Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer</em>. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 62, 67, 71. | Wolkan, Rudolf. <em>Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer</em>. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 62, 67, 71. | ||
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Hans de Vette, an Anabaptist martyr, was executed at Ghent, 5 July 1559. With his wife and eleven other Anabaptists, including Hans de Smet, he was thrown into prison at Ghent on Friday after Pentecost in 1559, when their meeting had been betrayed. They were executed on different days. All remained true to their faith. Hans de Vette wrote a "confession" in prison, in which he describes his trial in detail. Hans was a native of Waastene (Warneton) in West Flanders, and a dyer by trade. His wife Miertgen was executed on 27 June 1560. A song on Hans is found in Offer der Heeren, which begins "Hebt goeden moet, o broeders van weerden." A hymn commemorating the whole group is found in the Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren (No. 14), "Ick moet een liet beginnen."
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, 246 ff.
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: 620 ff. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1562, 1567, 1570, 1578, 1580, Amsterdam, 1590, n.p., 1591, Amsterdam, 1595, Harlingen, 1599: 348-57, 556-59.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1908): 51.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 69, 250.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 25, No. 60.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 62, 67, 71.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1956 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Hans de Vette (d. 1559)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hans_de_Vette_(d._1559)&oldid=81658.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1956). Hans de Vette (d. 1559). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hans_de_Vette_(d._1559)&oldid=81658.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 653. All rights reserved.
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