Christiaen van Wettere (d. 1563)

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Christiaen van Wettere (Wetteren), born at Ghent, Belgium, an Anabaptist martyr, by trade a dobbelweerckere, was burned at the stake on the Vrijdagsmarkt at Ghent on 9 November 1563, together with Antheunis Behaghe. His name is listed as No. 12 in the song, "Liedeken van 41 Vrienden," in the Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren.

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Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 651.

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, 300.

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: 666. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 351.

Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 30, no. 96.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1953

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Christiaen van Wettere (d. 1563)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Christiaen_van_Wettere_(d._1563)&oldid=129198.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1953). Christiaen van Wettere (d. 1563). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Christiaen_van_Wettere_(d._1563)&oldid=129198.



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