Leentgen (d. 1564)
Leentgen, an Anabaptist martyr, was put to death in 1564 in the Sint Pieters cloister at Ghent, Belgium, together with her daughter Pieryntgen Ketels. Exact date and method of execution are unknown. The names of these martyrs are found in the hymn, "Als men schreef duyst vijfhondert jaer ende twee en tsestich mede," found in the Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren (Supplement, No. 1).
Bibliography
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 Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 666. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, 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. 301.
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1562, 1567, 1570, 1578, 1580, Amsterdam, 1590: 651.
Verheyden, A.L.E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 30, No. 101.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 307. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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