John of Leiden

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Tortured to death for heresy. "Leiden" is German for "suffering".

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starlinguk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 230d (2 replies)

But leiden means "to lead" in Dutch.

tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 229d (1 reply)

probably derived from "leiten"?

dabaldeagul@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 196d

More likely from the city of Leiden