# About Three Hundred And Fifty Persons Put To Death For The Faith, Near Altzey, Pursuant To The Imperial Mandate, A. D. 1529.

c. 1529 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PERSONS PUT TO DEATH FOR THE FAITH, NEAR ALTZEY, PURSUANT TO THE IMPERIAL MANDATE, A. D. 1529.

Source heading; not independently verified

The Palsgrave then, in pursuance with the imperial
mandate, in a short time, caused about three
hundred and fifty persons to be executed for the
faith; especially his Burgrave at Altzey, namely
Dietrich von Schoenburg, caused many in the town
of Altzey to be beheaded, drowned and otherwise
put to death; even as the lords who came to the
church, and at that time were residents in Altzey,
saw themselves how they were taken from the
houses in which they were known to be, and led as
sheep to the place of execution. They could in no
wise be persuaded to apostatize, but went joyfully
to meet death; while the others were being drowned,
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and executed, the rest who were yet alive and
waited for death sang until the executioner took
them. They were very steadfast in the truth confessed,
and, assured in the faith which they had
received from God, conducted themselves as valiant
soldiers. Matt. 10:22. All the learned and great
of this world were confounded by them. 1 Corinthians
1:25,26.

Some whom they did not wish to execute they
tortured and maimed their bodies; of some they cut
off the fingers, others they burned crosses on their
foreheads, and subjected them to much wanton injury;
so that even the aforesaid Burgrave said:
“What shall I do? the more I cause to be executed,
the more they increase.” Ex. 1:22.

This Burgrave Dietrich, who had shed much innocent
blood, died a sudden and terrible death, as
he was rising from his table. Chron. van den Ondergang,
page 1029, col. 1, from the old History of
the Baptist Martyrs, lib. 1.





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