Willem Rijke (d. 1572)
Willem (de) Rijke(n) (Willem de Rijker, or de Rickere, Guillaume de Riche), an Anabaptist martyr, burned at the stake at Meenen in Flanders, Belgium, on 5 December 1572, with Christoffel Fierens. Willem was probably a relative of the martyr Christiaen de Rijcke.
Bibliography
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, 640.
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: 961 f.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1899): 111. (Note, where the date of his execution is incorrectly given as 18 August 1575.)
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 643.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
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