Willem de Kistemaker (d. 1551)
Willem de Kistemaker (Wilhelm Kistenmacker), an Anabaptist martyr, executed in 1551 at Kleve in the Rhineland, Germany, together with Wendel Ravens. Van Braght gives the information that Willem had left his native country, probably Holland, and was living at Weess(?) near Kleve. He is said to have written some letters from prison, concerning which there is, however, no further information.
Bibliography
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: Part II, 131.
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: 525. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 501.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
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