Jooris de Backere (d. 1573)
Jooris (Joost) de Backere, a Mennonite of Ghent, Belgium, died at the age of 80 in prison at Ghent on 10 June 1573. By trade he was a thread-twister.
Bibliography
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 63, No. 222.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1957 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Jooris de Backere (d. 1573)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 12 Feb 2026. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jooris_de_Backere_(d._1573)&oldid=88389.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Jooris de Backere (d. 1573). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 12 February 2026, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jooris_de_Backere_(d._1573)&oldid=88389.
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