Margriete Jeroons Huysvrouwe (d. 1557)
Margriete (Margriet) Jeroons Huysvrouwe, an Anabaptist martyr, executed at Antwerp, Belgium on 6 July 1557 with Claerken Boucket. They were put into a sack and drowned. Margriete, whose official name was Marguerite Venneau, was the wife of Jeronimus van der Capellen, who had suffered martyrdom at Antwerp on 22 May 1557. The name of Margriete, who died valiantly, is found in hymn No. 16 of the Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren, "Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father).
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Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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Date Published | 1957 |
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