Fijt Pilgrims (d. 1537)
Fijt Pilgrims (Veit Pelgrims, Fitus to Pilgrams) was an Anabaptist martyr, who was brutally tortured at Gladbach in the duchy of Jülich, Germany, in 1537), when he steadfastly confessed his faith, and was then burned at the stake.
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