Hiller, Matthias (d. 1547)

Matthias Hiller, a furrier of St. Gall, was baptized in Strasbourg by Jakob Gross, a member of the Strasbourg Anabaptist group, and probably left the city with Michael Sattler, with whom he suffered a martyr's death at Rottenburg am Neckar on 21 May 1527. He rejected the proffered pardon, saying that if he had seven heads he would offer them all for the sake of Christ.

Bibliography

Bossert, Gustav. Das Blutgericht in Rottenburg am Neckar. Barmen: Hugo Klein, [1892].

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 315.

Röhrich, Timotheus Wilhelm. Zur Geschichte der strassburgischen Wiedertäufer in den Jahren 1527 bis 1543 : aus den Vergichtbüchern und andern archivalischen Quellen mitgetheilt. Berlin: In Verbindung mit der ... historisch‑theologischen Gesellschaft zu Leipzig herausgegeben von C.W. Niedner, 1860: 15, 34.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 742. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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APA style: Neff, Christian. (1956). Hiller, Matthias (d. 1547). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/hiller_matthias_d._1547.

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