Jan Damasz (d. 1535)
Jan Damasz, a cobbler of Monnikendam or Noordwijk, an Anabaptist martyr, was beheaded at The Hague on 10 April 1535. He was one of the principal Dutch Anabaptist leaders, apparently of the revolutionary wing.
Bibliography
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. 745.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1917): 113, No. 33.
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