Janneken van Rentegem (d. 1570)
Janneken van Rentegem, an Anabaptist martyr, burned at the stake on 7 November 1570, on the Vrijdagsmarkt at Ghent, together with Janneken van Hulle and Hans van der Weghe. She was charged with the crimes of rebaptism and attending the Mennonite meetings. According to van Braght, <em>Martyrs' Mirror</em>, she was unmarried.
Bibliography
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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: 864. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
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| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1957 |
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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 89. All rights reserved.
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