Karpfis, Jorg (d. 1532)
Jorg Karpfis was an Anabaptist martyr drowned at Zürich, Switzerland, in 1532 with Hans Herzog of Stadel. As far as the records go, he was the fifth Anabaptist victim of the persecution in Zürich.
Bibliography
Egli, E. Die Züricher Wiedertäufer zur Reformationszeit: nach den Quellen des Staatsarchivs. Zürich : Friedrich Schulthess, 1878: 91.
Muralt, Leonhard von and Walter Schmid. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer in der Schweiz. Erster Band Zürich. Zürich: S. Hirzel, 1952: 280, 283, 285, 287
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: 468.
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