Adriaen Cornelisse (d. 1537)
Adriaen Cornelisse was beheaded at Zierikzee in the Dutch province of Zeeland on 2 June 1537. He had "bought and read a book of the Reformer Johannes Pomeranus"; besides this, he had also distributed "heretical books, containing false doctrines on the holy Sacrament," and furthermore lodged some persons "who claimed to be messengers of Christ." This martyr may be presumed to have been an Anabaptist.
Bibliography
Water, Willem te. Kortverhaal der reformatie van Zeeland in de zestiende eeuwe . . . Middelburg: Gillissen, 1766: 8.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 14. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
©1996-2008 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.
To cite this page:
MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Adriaen Cornelisse (d. 1537)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1955. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 08 July 2008 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/A278.html>
APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1955). "Adriaen Cornelisse (d. 1537)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 08 July 2008 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/A278.html>
