Michael Sattler

Michael Sattler (1490 – 20 May 1527) was a German monk who left the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation to become one of the early leaders of the Anabaptist movement. He was particularly influential for his role in developing the Schleitheim Confession. His leadership has been seen as stabilizing and giving direction to the early Anabaptist movement after the first leaders had been scattered or martyred.

He was convicted of heresy by Roman Catholic authorities and subsequently tortured and then burned to death at the stake. His final words were: "...I have not been sent to judge the word of God. We have been sent to bear witness to it. That is why we will submit to no other law....in that we cannot escape the judgement of this court we are ready to suffer the suffering that is our lot for the good of the Word of God.”.