Georg Gross, often called Pfersfelder, was a Prot­estant baron in the 16th century, who was interested in Schwenckfelder and Anabaptist ideas and de­fended the victims of persecution in the area of Nürnberg, Germany. For a fuller biographical ac­count see Pfersfelder, Georg.

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