Claes Dirksz (d. 1534)

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Claes Dirksz, an Anabaptist martyr, taken prisoner at Krommeniedijk, Dutch province of North Holland, was, according to van Braght (Martyrs’ Mirror) put to death in 1542. This is certainly wrong. In all probability it was 1534 (see  Doopsgezinde Bijdragen 1917), on 27 April. Claes, who had participated in the journey to  Münster in March 1534 (see Bergklooster), was beheaded.

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, 62.

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

Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1917): 121, No. 140, 170.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 442. Here this martyr is called  Nicolaus Dietrich.

Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I, 745.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1953

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Claes Dirksz (d. 1534)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Claes_Dirksz_(d._1534)&oldid=94170.

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1953). Claes Dirksz (d. 1534). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Claes_Dirksz_(d._1534)&oldid=94170.




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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 615. All rights reserved.


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