Meynert, Hermansz (d. 1552)
Hermansz (Harmenszoon) Meynert, an Anabaptist martyr, a sawer of wood from Balk in Friesland, Netherlands, who was burned at the stake with five brethren in Amsterdam on 6 or 8 August 1552. He had been baptized by Gillis van Aken. Further particulars are lacking.
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: 535. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 124.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1957 |
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