Claes Dirksz (d. 1534)
Claes Dirksz, an Anabaptist martyr, taken prisoner at Krommeniedijk, Dutch province of North Holland, was, according to van Braght (Martyrs’ Mirror) put to death in 1542. This is certainly wrong. In all probability it was 1534 (see Doopsgezinde Bijdragen 1917), on 27 April. Claes, who had participated in the journey to Münster in March 1534 (see Bergklooster), was beheaded.
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, 62.
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: 465. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1917): 121, No. 140, 170.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 442. Here this martyr is called Nicolaus Dietrich.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I, 745.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1953 |
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