Steven Janssen (d. 1535)

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Steven Janssen, an Anabaptist martyr, an armorer (harnaschveger) and a native of the "lande van den Berch" (near Cologne, Germany), was one of the Naaktlopers, Anabaptists who ran naked along the streets of Amsterdam on 10-11 February 1535. He was sentenced to death by beheading on 25 February of the same year.

Bibliography

"Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535," in Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap 41 (Amsterdam, 1920): 57 f. Available in full electronic text at http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_bij005192001_01/_bij005192001_01_0005.php.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1959

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Steven Janssen (d. 1535)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Steven_Janssen_(d._1535)&oldid=147943.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Steven Janssen (d. 1535). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Steven_Janssen_(d._1535)&oldid=147943.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 630. All rights reserved.


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