Elconius, Hermannus (d. after 1607)

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Hermannus Elconius (Herman Eelkes), born at Harlingen, Dutch province of Friesland, died there after 1607, was the last Roman Catholic priest at Harlingen before the Reformation; about 1580 he left the Catholic Church and in 1581 became a Reformed minister at Utrecht, and from 1589 at Harlingen. Here he came into conflict with the Reformed Synod; in 1602 he left the Reformed church and joined the Mennonites at Harlingen. In 1605 he is reported to have been their preacher. Nothing further is known about this remarkable man.

Bibliography

Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1911): 45-48.

Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Leiden, 1911-1937: I, 798.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1956

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