Mair, Baltasar (d. 1531)
Baltasar (Walser) Mair (Mayr), a Hutterite martyr, a preacher in the brotherhood, was beheaded at Walsburg in Carinthia, Austria, with two other Brethren in 1531. A song that he wrote has been lost.
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Author(s) | Christian Neff |
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Date Published | 1957 |
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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 442. All rights reserved.
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