Nicholas Geyer, in the Year 1567

In the same year also Brother Nicholas Geyer, a miller and deacon, was arrested for the faith at Innspruck, in the earldom of Tyrol. [n911-1] There the Jesuits and others attacked him in many and various ways, and in the examination dealt with him in a cruel and satanic manner; but he did not let himself be moved from the faith. He steadfastly persevered as a Christian hero, and having shown great constancy, he was condemned to death by the children of Caiaphas and Pilate. The priests, like the daughter of Herodias, were determined to have his head, which they also obtained, for he was executed with the sword and then burned. So he valiantly gained the victory in Christ, in the noble fight of faith, as a true lover of God, whom no tribulation, torture or distress could drive to despair. No water could quench his love, no sword separate it, no fire consume it; but it was to him a way of God to eternal life. For through love to God we will, by His grace, enter into paradise, if we do not let ourselves be led astray from love.