Jacob of Wormer (d. 1549)

Jacob of Wormer, Dutch province of North Holland, an Anabaptist martyr, who according to van Braght, Martyrs' Mirror, was burned at the stake at Amsterdam in 1542, together with his wife Seli. They are obviously identical with Jacob Claesz of Landsmeer and his wife Cecilia Jeronymusdochter, both executed at Amsterdam in 1549. Van Braght himself suggests this identity.

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, 61, 85,

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

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. 4 v. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 386.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 64. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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