Claes Wever (d. 1535)

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Claes (de) Wever, a Dutch Anabaptist martyr, was imprisoned at The Hague but managed to escape from prison. Later on he was active in Bergen op Zoom, Dutch province of North Brabant, and arrested here in November 1535. After being tortured he was executed before 12 December 1535. He belonged to the revolutionary wing of Anabaptism.

Bibliography

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: v. I, Nos. 141, 143.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1953

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Claes Wever (d. 1535)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 25 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Claes_Wever_(d._1535)&oldid=127224.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1953). Claes Wever (d. 1535). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Claes_Wever_(d._1535)&oldid=127224.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 616. All rights reserved.


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