Lysbeth Smeets (d. 1535)

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Lysbeth Smeets, an Anabaptist martyr, was drowned on 16 March 1535, in the Scheldt River at Antwerp. Her husband Mattheus Sauvaige had been put to death as an Anabaptist on 3 March of the same year. Particulars are lacking. Mattheus and Lysbeth are among the first Anabaptist martyrs of Antwerp.

Bibliography

Génard, P. Antwerpsch archievenblad: VII, 319; XIV, 12 f., No.139.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1957

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