Kob, Simon (16th Century)
Simon Kob (Gobl), an Anabaptist martyr, was a member of Georg Blaurock's congregation in the Eisack Valley of Tyrol, Austria. He was seized at a meeting near Bozen in the autumn of 1529, with his wife and her sister Margarete as well as other participants. In Bozen the monk Guardian tried for three weeks to bring them back into the Catholic fold. Most of the prisoners did not yield and were put to death in Bozen, among them Kob and his wife. Their property was given to their children upon orders of King Ferdinand.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 516.
Loserth, Johann. Der Anabaptismus in Tirol. Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1892: 487, 500.
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