Barbara Smachscheers (d. 1557)
Barbara Smachscheers, an Anabaptist martyr, was burned at the stake on the Vrijdagsmarkt in Ghent, Belgium, on 13 April 1557 together with two other martyrs. Further particulars are lacking.
Bibliography
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 24, No. 54.
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