Aefgen Listincx
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Aefgen Listincx, or Aeff Pietersdochter, (born in Brugge
Brügge
Brügge is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.Its small church and market square are noted for their beauty....

 -d. 20 August 1538), was a Dutch anabaptist
Anabaptist
Anabaptists are Protestant Christians of the Radical Reformation of 16th-century Europe, and their direct descendants, particularly the Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites....

 and prophet
Prophet
In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...

.

She was married to the wealthy merchant Gerrit Listincx. She was in 1525, 1527, 1530 and 1533 put on trial for violating the religious laws. In 1535, banned books was found in her possecion and her son stated, during an interrogation for heresy, that his mother was in the Anabaptist ruled Münster
Münster
Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...

. In Münster, Aefgen Listincx was active as a prophet. She was captured after the fall of Münster but released because of her wealth. In 1538, she was put on trial for heresy and executed by burning.

She was likely the sister of Alejid Leystingh.
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