Bastiaen Glasemaker (d. 1538)
Bastian (Martyrs Mirror, Bastiaen Glasemaker), an Anabaptist martyr, a glazier by trade, who was beheaded and then burned at Imst in the valley of the Upper Inn (Austria). Van Braght relates that Bastian and Hans Grünfelder, who shared death by martyrdom with him, addressed a large crowd of spectators.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: Part II, 40.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 446. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 247. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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