Schmidt, Mathias (d. 1559)

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Capture of Hans Smit, Hendrik Adamsz, Hans Bek, Matthijs Smit, Dileman Snijder, and 7 others, Aachen, 1558.
Engraving by Jan Luiken v. 2, p. 209 of Dutch edition.
Source: Rijksmuseum.

Mathias (Matthias) Schmidt, a Hutterite martyr, a preacher and missioner, who was arrested with Hans Schmid (Raiffer) and ten other Anabaptists at Aachen in 1558 and put to death on 4 January 1559, with Tillmann Schneider. Two songs by Matthias Schmidt have been preserved: "Merkt auf, ihr Völker, alle gleich in diesen letzten Zeiten," and "Wacht auf, ihr Streiter, Kämpfer, ihr Kinder Gottes rein."

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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: 588-90. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

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Author(s) Christian Neff
Date Published 1959

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Neff, Christian. "Schmidt, Mathias (d. 1559)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Schmidt,_Mathias_(d._1559)&oldid=144603.

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 467. All rights reserved.


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