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Brigitta Wallner (1735-1799)Brigitta Wallner was the wife of a wood cutter. Working as a carrier, the mother of seven smuggled bibles. She fear-lessly professed her protestant faith and stood up for religious
freedom in Austria. For this she went to prison three times. After the Patent of Toleration in 1781, Brigitta Wallner had herself regis-tered as Lutheran which caused the entire congre-gation of Gosau to follow her courageous example.
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