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Fenneken (d. 1535)

Fenneken, a Dutch Anabaptist martyr, wife of the revolutionary leader Jan van Geelen, was drowned in the IJssel River at Deventer, province of Overijssel, on 17 April 1535 (not 6 February as is stated in Doopsgezinde Bijdragen 1917, 114). She had been baptized by Jacob van Antwerpen and remained in Deventer, while her husband went to Münster.

Bibliography

Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1917): 114; (1919): 10-11.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 321. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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