Geraert Passamentwerker (d. 1558)

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Geraert (Geert) Passamentwerker (official name, Geraerdt Franssens), an Anabaptist martyr of Thienen, Belgium, was burned at the stake at Antwerp on 16 December 1558. He remained steadfast in his suffering and is celebrated in the song "Aenhoort Godt Hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father), in the Liedtboecx\en van den Offer des Heeren (No. 16).


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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: II, 202.

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: 583. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

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Additional Information


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1956

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Geraert Passamentwerker (d. 1558)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Geraert_Passamentwerker_(d._1558)&oldid=56674.

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1956). Geraert Passamentwerker (d. 1558). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Geraert_Passamentwerker_(d._1558)&oldid=56674.



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