Peter van Gheyen (16th century)

Peter van Gheyen (Geyn), an Anabaptist elder in Cologne, Germany, who baptized the martyr Hans van Collen (Coelen) there in 1534. Nothing else is known about him.

Bibliography

Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535, in Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap XLI. Amsterdam, 1920: 132.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 150. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Peter van Gheyen (16th century)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/peter_van_gheyen_16th_century.

APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Peter van Gheyen (16th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/peter_van_gheyen_16th_century.

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