Herk Dirksz (d. 1535)
Herk (Aert, Orck) Dirksz (Herck van Texel) was a Dutch Anabaptist of Burg on the island of Texel, province of North Holland, who preached and baptized at Brielle, Dutch province of South Holland, in the house of the martyr Anneken Jans, executed at The Hague on 15 September 1535. He belonged to the revolutionary branch of Anabaptism.
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