Anneke Gerrits (d. 1550)

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Anneke (Anneken) Gerrits (Anna Gherytsdochter van Ast or van Dordrecht), the wife of Ghysbert Jansz van Woerden and an Anabaptist martyr, was baptized by Gillis van Aken, and executed at Amsterdam on 15 January 1550, along with Trijntje van Dorsten. She gave her life for her faith by drowning.

Bibliography

Vos, Karel. De Doopsgezinden te Antwerpen in de zestiende eeuw. Reprint from Bulletin de la Commission Royale de Belgique 84 (1920): 387.

Grosheide, Greta. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der Anabaptisten in Amsterdam. Hilversum: J. Schipper, Jr., 1938: 157, 308.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1953

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Anneke Gerrits (d. 1550)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Anneke_Gerrits_(d._1550)&oldid=117892.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1953). Anneke Gerrits (d. 1550). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Anneke_Gerrits_(d._1550)&oldid=117892.



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