Vijnken de Jonckheere (ca. 1532-1562)
Vijnken (Vyntgen) de Jonc(kh)eere, an Anabaptist martyr, burned at the stake with her sisters Goudeken and Janneken de Jonckheere and two other women on 21 July 1562, at Ghent, Belgium. Vijnken, who was unmarried and 30 years of age, was born at Merendree in Flanders. These martyrs are commemorated in the hymn "Als men schreef duyst vijfhondert jaer ende twee en tsestich mede," found in the Lietboecxken.
Bibliography
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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: 759.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 29, No. 91.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
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