Westermaier, Veit (16th century)
Veit Westermaier, a member of the Augsburg Anabaptist congregation, was baptized in the home of Scolastica Stierpeurin, and on 28 January 1528, was burned through both cheeks and expelled from the city on account of various "misdemeanors" as an Anabaptist.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: IV.
Roth, R. "Zur Geschichte der Wiedertaufer in Oberschwaben." Zeitschrift für historische Theologie XXVIII (1901): 51.
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