Personal tools
Petronella (d. 1535)Petronella, an Anabaptist martyr, the wife of a baker of Holdenstedt, a village near Sangershausen in Thuringia, Germany, who was seized with Hans Hohne at Halberstadt in September 1535 and drowned in the Bode at Groningen in October 1535. BibliographyHege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: III, 356. Wappler, Paul. Die Täuferbewegung in Thüringen von 1526-1584. Jena: Gustav Fisher, 1913: 133 ff. 
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 155. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2009 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page:MLA style: Neff, Christian. "Petronella (d. 1535)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 08 January 2009 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/petronella_d._1535> APA style: Neff, Christian. (1959). "Petronella (d. 1535)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 08 January 2009 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/petronella_d._1535> Document Actions |
