Jacob van Yperen (d. 1557)
Jacob van Yperen (also called Jacob van Houte), an Anabaptist martyr, was burned at the stake at Antwerp, Belgium, on 22 May 1557. (Van Braght in the Martyrs' Mirror says he was beheaded and does not give exact date.) His name is found in the song "Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader," No. 16 of the Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren.
Bibliography
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 564.
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, 185.
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: 569. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Génard, Petrus. Antwerpsch archievenblad: VIII, 434, 438; XIV, 22 f., No. 246.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1957 |
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