Leeuwe, Claes van (d. 1549)
Claes van Leeuwe (Leeuwen) was a rector of the Latin school at Zutphen, Dutch province of Gelderland, where he died in 1549. When it became known that he had been a Mennonite, having been baptized upon his faith, his corpse was exhumed and buried in unconsecrated earth. His wife Cornelia died as a martyr.
Bibliography
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1881):42, note 1.
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