Maerten Cornelisz (d. 1558)

Maerten Cornelisz (Marten de Schoenmaker), an Anabaptist martyr, was burned at the stake at The Hague, Holland, on 7 July 1558 with Waechlink Dirks (Walig Dirk Luytgensz) and Adriaen Pietersz (Adriaen Pier Trappers). All three were natives of Winkel, Dutch province of North Holland. Particulars about these martyrs are lacking.

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. Part II: 202.

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: 583. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

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, Nos. 391, 744 f.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 436. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Maerten Cornelisz (d. 1558). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 26 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/M33815.html.

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