# John George, A. D. 1566.

1566 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: JOHN GEORGE, A. D. 1566.

Source heading; not independently verified

In the year 1566 brother John George, a Count
from Italy, having lived in Germany for several
years, as a refugee, who sojourned with the church,
and conducted himself as a very humble and excellent
Christian, went from Grossenstein back to Italy,
where he had left his wife; but there he was denounced
and betrayed, so that men came from
Venice, and apprehended him. When they were
on the water, on their way to Venice, they cast him
into the sea, and drowned him, dispatching him
thus in order that it might be done in quietness,
lest much trouble should arise on his account, if
they should bring him to Venice, since he was of so
noble a race. Thus he had to lose his temporal life
for the faith. Through faith he forsook and abandoned
all nobility of this world, choosing rather to
suffer reproach with the people of God, than to enjoy
temporal honor and distinction among his own
people; and esteeming reproach for the name of
Christ great riches, far above the treasures of
Egypt or the nobility of this world; for he had respect
to the future, and the eternal reward, which
will be great in heaven, and will not be withheld
from him as a witness, follower and valiant soldier
of Christ. Heb. 11:24,26.





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