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Zehender, Stephan (16th century)Stephan Zehender, an Anabaptist martyr of Pyrmensdorf, Switzerland, an aged man, was imprisoned in 1539 in the Oethenbach prison of Zürich "in a very damp and unwholesome place, . . . and fed on bread and water" for sixteen weeks, until his death. BibliographyBraght, 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: 815. 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: 1114 f. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm. Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV. 
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