# Leonhard Boltzinger, A. D. 1591.

1591 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: LEONHARD BOLTZINGER, A. D. 1591.

Source heading; not independently verified

In the year 1591, on a Friday, the 8th of March,
Leonhard Boltzinger, a brother, was executed for
the Christian faith, not far from Plunaven, in Bavaria,
after he had been imprisoned twenty-three
weeks; for he had been apprehended there the day
before St. Michael’s, in the year 1590, and from
there been taken into the town of Brauna, and put
into a dark dungeon. They also tortured him
greatly, in order to make him apostatize from his
faith. Once he was drawn up by ropes, and the
other time very miserably stretched on the rack:
but he would not depart from the truth. Ultimately
he was taken back from Brauna to Ulba, the place
of his apprehension, where they on the aforesaid
Friday led him out to the place of execution. He
greatly rejoiced when he saw that he was so near his
end, though they strenuously urged him to recant;
but he replied: “I stand in the right faith, and
therefore, though I had ten heads for one, I should
rather have them cut off one after another, before I
should renounce my faith.

The executioner then beheaded him with the
sword and burned his body.

Thus he persevered steadfastly in the love of God,
and refused to separate therefrom, to which end
God gave him power, comfort, and strength, that
though his sufferings were severe, he esteemed them
so lightly, as though they had not been sufferings
at all; so firm was his hope of entering into the glory
of God, into everlasting joy, that he did not regard
this short and transient tribulation.





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