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Barbara of Thiers (d. 1529)Barbara of Thiers, an Anabaptist martyr, wife of Hans Portzen, was put to death at Fill in the Adige (Tyrol), 16 November 1529 with Georg Frick and three other brethren and three sisters of her faith. She confessed her faith staunchly, mentioning that she had been baptized by Benedikt von Bruneck, a former people's priest. BibliographyBeck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 89. Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde 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, 27. 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: 435. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm. Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 53, 55. 
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