Jan de Cudse (d. 1556)
Jan de Cudse (also de Kudse or van Cussegem), an Anabaptist martyr, was burned at the stake on 4 September 1556 at the market place of Antwerp, Belgium. His name is mentioned in a song, "Aenhoort Godt, hemelsche Vader," found in the Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren, No. 16.
Bibliography
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 564. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/
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: Part II, 167.
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: 554. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Génard, Petrus. Antwerpsch archievenblad: VIII, 432, 435; XIV, 22 f., No. 235.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1957 |
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