Wölfl of Gotzenberg (d. 1533)
Wölfl of Gotzenberg (a hill near Nider-Vintel in the district of Bruneck belonging to the jurisdiction of Schöneck), Austria, an Anabaptist martyr, was executed in 1533 with six fellow believers (see Alseider for names and details) in the Guifidaun castle in the Adige Valley, Tyrol.
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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: 444. (where he is called Wolfert).
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV, 554.
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| Author(s) | Christian Hege |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
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