Christoffel Buyse (d. 1569)
Christoffel Buyse (Buyze), an Anabaptist martyr, was according to the song, "Een Liedeken van 41 Vrienden" (Offer des Heeren), executed at Ghent, Belgium, in 1569, with four other martyrs. Verheyden, who studied the sources in Ghent, did not find any mention of him.
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Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 649-654. Available online at: Het Offer des Heeren.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christene, 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, 132.
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 Yeare A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 526. 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. I, 313.
Verheyden, A.L.E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 56.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 586. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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