Pain (d. 1529)
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| Beheading of 7 brothers, Schwäbisch- Gmund, 1529. Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs Mirror, v. 2, p. 25 of Dutch edition. Scan provided by Mennonite Library and Archives |
Pain, an Anabaptist martyr of Swabia, South Germany, was executed with Wolfgang Esslinger, Martin Zehentmayer, and four other Anabaptists at Schwäbisch-Gmünd after a year's imprisonment in 1529 (the Martyrs' Mirror erroneously gives 1531 as the date). Three songs were written to commemorate their death.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde 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, 32.
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: 439; Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm.
Lieder der Hutterischen Brilder. Scottdale, 1914: 51-55.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 21
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 333.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 106. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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