Jooris de Backere (d. 1573)
Jooris (Joost) de Backere, a Mennonite of Ghent, Belgium, died at the age of 80 in prison at Ghent on 10 June 1573. By trade he was a thread-twister.
Bibliography
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 63, No. 222.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 119. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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