Hegge, Jakob (16th century)
Jakob (Jakobus) Hegge, of Danzig, hence called Jacobus Dantiscanus, was a follower of Melchior Hoffman, and a participant in the Flensburg Disputation (8 and 9 April 1529). He was later induced to recant by Bugenhagen in Hamburg.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 273.
Krohn, B. N. Geschichte der fanatischen und enthusiastischen Wiedertäufer. Leipzig, 1785: 152 f., 197 ff.
Linden, F. O. zur. Melchior Hofmann. Haarlem, 1885: 146.
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