Frans Pietersz (d. 1539)
Frans Pietersz, a Dutch Anabaptist martyr of Groningen, a joiner, was beheaded on 7 January 1539 at Delft, province of South Holland, with 10 others, because of having been rebaptized. He was likely a follower of David Joris.
Bibliography
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1899): 158-160; (1917): 160-167.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. 2 v. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: I, No. 749.
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