Jan Raes (d. 1569)

Jan (van) Raes, a weaver, born at Lauwe and living at Meenen, Flanders, was arrested there and burned at the stake 30 April 1569 at Kortrijk (Courtrai) Belgium, together with Fransoois de Timmerman, Pieter den Ouden, Jan Wattier, Wouter Denijs, and Kalleken, the widow of Anpleunis van den Berge. Jan had received (re) baptism in 1565. His property was confiscated.

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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: II, 408.

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

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: III, 425.

Verheyden, A. L. E. Le Martyrologe Courtraisien et la Martyrologe Bruxellois. Vilvorde: R. Allecourt, 1950: 39, No. 25.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 81. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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