Joost van Pecuwe (d. 1535)
Joost van Pecuwe (Pecuven) was an Anabaptist martyr, beheaded in 1535 at Haarlem, Dutch province of North Holland. While being tortured he confessed having been rebaptized. Further particulars were not available.
Bibliography
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1917): 153.
Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 179.
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