Victoor (d. 1557)

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Victoor (Victor Willemsz), an Anabaptist martyr of Niel? in the territory of Jülich, was burned at the stake with four others at Antwerp, Belgium on 30 January 1557. Particulars are lacking. He is celebrated in the song "Aenhoort God, hemelsche Vader," No. 16 of the Lietboecxken.

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: 184.

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: 568.

Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts: 564.

Génard, P. Antwerpsch archievenblad VIII, 433, 437; XIV, 22 f., No. 241.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1959

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Victoor (d. 1557)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Victoor_(d._1557)&oldid=128320.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Victoor (d. 1557). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Victoor_(d._1557)&oldid=128320.



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