Grietgen (d. 1551)

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Grietgen (Margriete van den Berghe) of Lier in Brabant, Belgium, an Anabaptist martyr, was seized with three fellow believers (Goris Cooman, Naentgen Bornaige, and Wouter van der Weyden) at Ghent, Belgium, in 1551, whither they had all fled from Lier in Brabant. She had been baptized by Gillis den Dooper, presumably Gillis van Aken. Because she steadfastly confessed her faith she was sentenced to death by fire, which she cheerfully endured. The death of these four martyrs is sung in a hymn of 24 stanzas, beginning "Doemen vijftienhondert schreve, daertoe een en vijftich jaer," found in Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren, No. 4.

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Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1956

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Grietgen (d. 1551)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Grietgen_(d._1551)&oldid=162758.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Grietgen (d. 1551). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Grietgen_(d._1551)&oldid=162758.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 581. All rights reserved.


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