Anthonis Claes (d. 1560)

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Anthonis Claes (Cleys), an Anabaptist martyr, was drowned in a tub at the Steen prison at Antwerp on 26 January 1560, together with three other brethren. He was from Dordrecht in the Dutch province of South Holland. His name is also found in a song,"Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father), No.16 of the Liedtboecken van den Offer des Heeren.

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Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde 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: 640. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

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Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1953

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Anthonis Claes (d. 1560)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Anthonis_Claes_(d._1560)&oldid=117893.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1953). Anthonis Claes (d. 1560). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Anthonis_Claes_(d._1560)&oldid=117893.



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