Cecilia Jheronimusd (d. 1549)

Cecilia Jheronimusd, an Anabaptist martyr, the wife of Jacob Claesz of Landsmeer, was burned at the stake at Amsterdam, 9 November 1549, together with her husband. This Cecilia, who was a native of the village of Wormer, is the same person as the martyr Seli listed by van Braght, whose martyrdom he places in 1542.

Bibliography

Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om ‘t getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: II, 85.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 485. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1917): 173.

Grosheide, Greta. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der Anabaptisten in Amsterdam. Hilversum: J. Schipper, Jr., 1938: 158, 308.

Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I, No. 357.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 537. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Cecilia Jheronimusd (d. 1549)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 14 February 2012. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/C45786.html.

APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1953). Cecilia Jheronimusd (d. 1549). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 February 2012, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/C45786.html.

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