Tanneken (Truyken) van Cluyten (d. 1558)
Tanneken (Truyken) van Cluyten, an Anabaptist martyr, was executed by drowning at Antwerp, Belgium, on 31 December 1558. She was born at Hertogenbosch, Dutch province of North Brabant. Further particulars are lacking. With many other martyrs executed at Antwerp in 1562 and after, she is celebrated in the hymn "Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father), No. 16 of the Lietboecxken.
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