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1315 · Source account

Very Many Persons Burnt For The Faith, At Crema, In Austria, A. D. 1315.

From Martyrs’ Mirror

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A. D. 1315, very many orthodox Christians were sought, found, and burnt as heretics, by the Dominicans, or inquisitors, in the city of Crema, (probably Krems), under the bishopric of Passau, in the archduchy of Austria. In the second book of the Persecutions, fol. 479, col. 1, ex Trithem. Chron. Hirsaug., A. D. 1315, p. 211, edit. Freheri.

Original heading and source location

VERY MANY PERSONS BURNT FOR THE FAITH, AT CREMA, IN AUSTRIA, A. D. 1315.

First Part. · AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE WHO SUFFERED IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

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