Jan Aertsz (d. 1539)

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Jan Aertsz, an Anabaptist martyr, a joiner from Oesterhout (Oosterhout, Dutch province of North Brabant?), was beheaded at Delft, Dutch province of South Holland, with 10 others on 7 January 1539. Apparently he was a follower of David Joris. In 1534, when living in the territory of IJsselstein, he organized meetings in which the Scriptures (or other books?) were read.

Bibliography

Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1899): 158-160; (1917): 160-167.

Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: I, No. 749.

Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 233.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1957

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Jan Aertsz (d. 1539)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jan_Aertsz_(d._1539)&oldid=119001.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Jan Aertsz (d. 1539). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jan_Aertsz_(d._1539)&oldid=119001.




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