Marytje Simons (d. 1542)

Marytje Simons, of Gouda, Dutch province of South Holland, an Anabaptist martyr, was sentenced to death on 3 July 1542 by the Court of Holland and burned at the stake at The Hague that very day or the following, because "she had been rebaptized and calumniated the Holy Catholic Church."

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, Nos. 247, 747.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 534. 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). Marytje Simons (d. 1542). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 February 2012, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/M378640.html.

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