Laurentie Jans (d. 1538)
Laurentie Jans, wife of Wouter Heyne, was an Anabaptist martyr. She was born at Gapinge, in the Dutch province of Zeeland, and was burned at the stake on
24 Aug 1538 at Bruges, Belgium.
Further particulars are not known except that she had been (re) baptized in
1536.
Bibliography
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Brugsche Martyrologium (12 October 1527-7 Augustus 1573). Brussels, [1944]: 33, No. 9.)
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