Peryne de Corte (d. 1573)

Peryne (Petronella) de Corte, an Anabaptist martyr, burned at the stake at Antwerp, Belgium, on 6 June 1573. Peryne, who was arrested when a Mennonite meeting at Antwerp was surprised by the police, confessed that she had often attended such meetings. She had not yet been (re) baptized.

Bibliography

Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte XIII: 118, 121-24, 179; XIV: 90 ff., No. 1029.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 148. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Peryne de Corte (d. 1573)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/P4814.html.

APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Peryne de Corte (d. 1573). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/P4814.html.

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