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Peter Saimer, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, beheaded on 8 July 1588, at Freiburg in [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]], Germany. After his arrest at Freiburg he was taken to Berkhausen (?), but was soon brought back to Freiburg. Here he was tried. Both the officials and his friends tried to save him but Peter said, "I have one head; if I had two, or even more, I would rather suffer them all to be cut off than to renounce my faith." Thus he died valiantly. [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|Van Braght]]says that his head, cut off, turned around facing the executioner, which made a deep impression on the crowd gathered around the execution place. He is the author of the first eight of the eighteen stanzas of the song, "Fröhlich will ich singen." | Peter Saimer, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, beheaded on 8 July 1588, at Freiburg in [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]], Germany. After his arrest at Freiburg he was taken to Berkhausen (?), but was soon brought back to Freiburg. Here he was tried. Both the officials and his friends tried to save him but Peter said, "I have one head; if I had two, or even more, I would rather suffer them all to be cut off than to renounce my faith." Thus he died valiantly. [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|Van Braght]]says that his head, cut off, turned around facing the executioner, which made a deep impression on the crowd gathered around the execution place. He is the author of the first eight of the eighteen stanzas of the song, "Fröhlich will ich singen." | ||
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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. Den Tweeden Druk</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685. Part II: 764. | 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. Den Tweeden Druk</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685. Part II: 764. | ||
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Wolkan, Rudolf. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder</em>. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 427 ff. | Wolkan, Rudolf. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder</em>. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 427 ff. | ||
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Peter Saimer, an Anabaptist martyr, beheaded on 8 July 1588, at Freiburg in Bavaria, Germany. After his arrest at Freiburg he was taken to Berkhausen (?), but was soon brought back to Freiburg. Here he was tried. Both the officials and his friends tried to save him but Peter said, "I have one head; if I had two, or even more, I would rather suffer them all to be cut off than to renounce my faith." Thus he died valiantly. Van Braghtsays that his head, cut off, turned around facing the executioner, which made a deep impression on the crowd gathered around the execution place. He is the author of the first eight of the eighteen stanzas of the song, "Fröhlich will ich singen."
Bibliography
Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 301.
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: 764.
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: 1069. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. 4 v. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. 4.
Die Lieder der Hutterischen Brüder. Scottdale, 1914: 488 ff.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 427 ff.
Zieglschmid, A. J. F. Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 551 f.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Saimer, Peter (d. 1588)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Saimer,_Peter_(d._1588)&oldid=77326.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Saimer, Peter (d. 1588). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Saimer,_Peter_(d._1588)&oldid=77326.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 400. All rights reserved.
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