Claes (d. 1563)
Claes (Nicolaes de Swarte), an Anabaptist martyr, the son of Jan de Swarte, born at Nijpkercke (Nieppe), Belgium, was taken prisoner at Halewijn (Halluin) in the Belgian province of Flanders, and on 17 March 1563, together with his father, put to death by burning at the stake at Rijssel (Lille) in France.
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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: 664. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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Date Published | 1953 |
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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 614. All rights reserved.
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