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Wolfgang von Mos (Moser), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, a native of Mos in the [[Adige Valley (Südtirol, Austria)|Adige Valley]] of [[Tyrol (Austria)|Tyrol]], [[Austria|Austria]], was arrested in 1529 with seven or eight other Anabaptists, at Vill in the Adige. Each was separately examined. Wolfgang confessed that he had been taught and baptized by [[Kürschner, Michael (d. 1529)|Michael Kürschner]], who had died a martyr's death on 2 June 1529. The eight or nine brethren and sisters were executed on 16 November 1529. Wolfgang Moser was one of the two companions of Jörg vom Hause Jakob ([[Blaurock, Georg (ca. 1492-1529)|George Blaurock]]?) when Jorg was imprisoned at [[Basel (Switzerland)|Basel, Switzerland]] in February 1529. Moser was expelled from Basel, but returned in March with his wife Küngolde. He was again expelled from the city upon <em>Urfehde</em>, which his wife, however, refused to render. He returned to the Adige and there lost his life. | Wolfgang von Mos (Moser), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, a native of Mos in the [[Adige Valley (Südtirol, Austria)|Adige Valley]] of [[Tyrol (Austria)|Tyrol]], [[Austria|Austria]], was arrested in 1529 with seven or eight other Anabaptists, at Vill in the Adige. Each was separately examined. Wolfgang confessed that he had been taught and baptized by [[Kürschner, Michael (d. 1529)|Michael Kürschner]], who had died a martyr's death on 2 June 1529. The eight or nine brethren and sisters were executed on 16 November 1529. Wolfgang Moser was one of the two companions of Jörg vom Hause Jakob ([[Blaurock, Georg (ca. 1492-1529)|George Blaurock]]?) when Jorg was imprisoned at [[Basel (Switzerland)|Basel, Switzerland]] in February 1529. Moser was expelled from Basel, but returned in March with his wife Küngolde. He was again expelled from the city upon <em>Urfehde</em>, which his wife, however, refused to render. He returned to the Adige and there lost his life. | ||
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| − | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em class="gameo_bibliography">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</em>. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685 | + | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em class="gameo_bibliography">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</em>. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 27. |
Braght, Thieleman J. van. T<em class="gameo_bibliography">he 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: 435. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm]. | Braght, Thieleman J. van. T<em class="gameo_bibliography">he 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: 435. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm]. | ||
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Wolfgang von Mos (Moser), an Anabaptist martyr, a native of Mos in the Adige Valley of Tyrol, Austria, was arrested in 1529 with seven or eight other Anabaptists, at Vill in the Adige. Each was separately examined. Wolfgang confessed that he had been taught and baptized by Michael Kürschner, who had died a martyr's death on 2 June 1529. The eight or nine brethren and sisters were executed on 16 November 1529. Wolfgang Moser was one of the two companions of Jörg vom Hause Jakob (George Blaurock?) when Jorg was imprisoned at Basel, Switzerland in February 1529. Moser was expelled from Basel, but returned in March with his wife Küngolde. He was again expelled from the city upon Urfehde, which his wife, however, refused to render. He returned to the Adige and there lost his life.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. 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. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 27.
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: 435. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Burckhardt, Paul. Die Basler Täufer. Basel, 1898: 48 f.
Peachey, Paul. Die soziale Herkunft der Schweizer Täufer in der Reformationszeit. Karlsruhe, 1954: 47, 121, No. 262.
Zieglschmid, A. J. F. Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 74 f.
| Author(s) | Elizabeth Horsch Bender |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Bender, Elizabeth Horsch. "Mos, Wolfgang von (d. 1529)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mos,_Wolfgang_von_(d._1529)&oldid=130012.
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Bender, Elizabeth Horsch. (1957). Mos, Wolfgang von (d. 1529). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mos,_Wolfgang_von_(d._1529)&oldid=130012.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 754. All rights reserved.
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