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Vigilg (Vigil) Plattner (Plaitner), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, previously a people's priest in [[Rattenberg (Tyrol, Austria)|Rattenberg]] in [[Tyrol (Austria)|Tyrol]], Austria, joined the Anabaptist movement. The severe persecution breaking out in North Tyrol made him withdraw to another place. He was probably on his way to [[Moravia (Czech Republic)|Moravia]], when he was seized at [[Schärding (Oberösterreich, Austria)|Schärding]]. He defied all attempts to convert him, "would not deviate to the right or to the left." Condemned to death, he was beheaded in 1529 at Schärding (at that time in [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]]). He is the author of a hymn, in which he gives "testimony to God in the truth": "Wach auf, mein Seel, wann es ist an der Zeit" (with 17 stanzas).
= Bibliography =
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 23.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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.</em> Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 432.  Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm].

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<em>Lieder der Hutterischen Brüder. </em>Scottdale, 1914: 45.

Wolkan, Rudolf. <em>Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer</em>. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 15.

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