Widemann, Michael (d. 1538/9)
Michael Widemann (or Beck), an Anabaptist martyr, who was seized at Ried in Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany, with a group of followers in 1538. The others were released. When he was admonished to recant, he replied, "I have become converted once and have renounced all unrighteousness, and in this conversion I will persevere unto the end." After six months in prison he was beheaded and burned.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde 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, 43.
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: 449.
Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 141.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV, 526.
| Author(s) | Neff Christian |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Christian, Neff. "Widemann, Michael (d. 1538/9)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 23 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Widemann,_Michael_(d._1538/9)&oldid=135960.
APA style
Christian, Neff. (1959). Widemann, Michael (d. 1538/9). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Widemann,_Michael_(d._1538/9)&oldid=135960.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 942. All rights reserved.
©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.