Hans de Bakker (d. 1560)
Hans de Bakker (official name Jehan Jan Gielis, alias Hans de Backe), an Anabaptist martyr of Jumay, Belgium, was secretly drowned in a tub in the Steen prison at Antwerp, Belgium, on 20 January 1560. His name is found in the song, "Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father), No. 16 in the Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren.
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Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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Date Published | 1956 |
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