Very Many Persons Burnt for the Faith, in the Year 1315

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Very Many Persons Burnt for the Faith, in the Year 1315

VERY MANY PERSONS BURNT FOR THE FAITH, AT CREMA, IN AUSTRIA, IN THE YEAR 1315

In the year 1315, very many orthodox Christians were sought, found, and burned as heretics by the Dominicans, or inquisitors, in the city of Crema (probably Krems), under the bishopric of Passau, in the archduchy of Austria. In the second book of the Persecutions, folio 479, column 1, from Trithem. Chron. Hirsaug., in the year 1315, page 211, edition Freheri.