Michael Sattler

Michael Sattler (1490 – 20 May 1527) was a monk who left the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation to become one of the early leaders of the Anabaptist movement.

[5] Some believe that Sattler was the "Brother Michael in the white coat" mentioned in a document dated 25 March of that year,[6] which would place him in Zurich before Snyder's estimation of when he left St.

[11] The Catholic ruler of Austria, Archduke Ferdinand, urged that Sattler be immediately executed by drowning due to his prominence in the Anabaptist movement.

However, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg had an interest in due process,[a] and wanted Sattler to undergo a trial procedure at Rottenburg am Neckar.

Sattler denied that he had defied the imperial edicts or dishonored the saints, but defended the remaining charges as moral and biblical.

They acted for the baptism of those who want to follow Christ, for an independent congregation of the faithful, for the peaceful message of the Sermon on the Mount."