Jan van Bemelen (d. 1538)

Jan van Bemelen, was an Anabaptist martyr of Maastricht, Dutch province of Limburg. When persecution arose there, Jan and his wife fled, but afterwards returned and were arrested. Jan was beheaded there in April 1538 on the Vrijthof square. His wife was released because she was not (re)baptized.

Bibliography

Bax, W. Het Protestantisme in het Bisdom Luik. The Hague, 1937: I, 141 f. etc.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 71. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Jan van Bemelen (d. 1538). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 26 May 2012, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/jan_van_bemelen_d._1538.

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