Janneken op Dextelaer (d. 1557)

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Janneken op Dextelaer, an Anabaptist martyr, drowned 5 or 6 July 1557 at the Steen castle at Antwerp, Belgium, together with Klaerken (Claerken Boucket) and Margriete (Margriet Vanneau). Afterwards their naked corpses were thrown into the Scheldt River. Janneken, whose name is celebrated in the song "Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father) of the Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren, is apparently identical with Janneken van Hout(t)e, who is found in the official records.

Bibliography

Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 565. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/

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, 185.

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


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1957

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Janneken op Dextelaer (d. 1557)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 13 Dec 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Janneken_op_Dextelaer_(d._1557)&oldid=162787.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Janneken op Dextelaer (d. 1557). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 13 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Janneken_op_Dextelaer_(d._1557)&oldid=162787.




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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 88. All rights reserved.


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