Grietken Govaerts (d. 1573)
Grietken Govaerts, an Anabaptist martyr, charged with rebaptism and the crime of having attended forbidden meetings of the Mennonites, was burned at the stake at Antwerp, Belgium, on 20 May 1573.
Bibliography
Génard, Petrus. Antwerpsch archievenblad: XIII, 113 f., 176; XIV, 90 f., No. 1023.
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