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Cortoys (d. 1539)

Cortoys, a cabinetmaker (joiner) of Hainault, Belgium, was beheaded in Utrecht on 11 June 1539, because he had been an active Anabaptist. Nothing further is known about him nor about the nature of his activities.

Bibliography

Berigten van het Historisch Genootschap te Utrecht  IV, 2, (1851): 139.

Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1917): 118, No. 89.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 719. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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