Jelis Potvliet (d. 1562)

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Jelis Potvliet, an Anabaptist martyr, was beheaded at Wervik, Flanders in 1562 with Jelis Strings and his brother Pieter Potvliet. They were all weavers, originally from Thielt in Flanders. They were sentenced to die at the stake, but because heavy rains had made the wood too wet to burn, they were beheaded.

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Author(s) Nanne van ders Zijpp
Date Published 1957

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Zijpp, Nanne van ders. "Jelis Potvliet (d. 1562)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jelis_Potvliet_(d._1562)&oldid=129642.

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Zijpp, Nanne van ders. (1957). Jelis Potvliet (d. 1562). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jelis_Potvliet_(d._1562)&oldid=129642.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 105; vol. 4, p. 1146. All rights reserved.


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