Gielis van Gent (d. 1559)

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Gielis van Gent, an Anabaptist martyr, executed by beheading at Antwerp, Belgium, in 1559. His name (No. 46) is found in "Aenhoort Godt Hemelsche Vader," printed in the Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren, 1562. Particulars are lacking, unless he is identical with Michiel (Jelis) Bernaerts. Gielis van Gent is not found in van Braght, Martyrs' Mirror.

Bibliography

Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 566. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1956

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Gielis van Gent (d. 1559)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Gielis_van_Gent_(d._1559)&oldid=162782.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Gielis van Gent (d. 1559). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Gielis_van_Gent_(d._1559)&oldid=162782.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 516. All rights reserved.


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