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3 unusual facts about Wurmbrand-Stuppach


Adelma Vay

Baroness Adelma Vay or von Vay (also Vay de Vaya), born Countess Adelaide von Wurmbrand-Stuppach (October 20, 1840–May 24, 1925), was a medium and pioneer of spiritualism in Slovenia and Hungary.

Wurmbrand

:* Countess Stephanie von Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849 - 1919), a Hungarian pianist and composer

:* Countess Maria Anna Paula Ferdinandine von Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1914, Vienna - 2003)


Costache Ioanid

1940- While reading the Bible on a bench in the park, is noted by Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand which invites him to the Lutheran Church pastored by Richard Wurmbrand.

Franz von Walsegg

Count Franz von Walsegg (January 17, 1763 – November 11, 1827) was an aristocrat, living in Stuppach Castle near Gloggnitz, who is best remembered for having commissioned a requiem mass from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791 following the death of his twenty-year old wife Anna (the grieving count, only 28 himself at the time, would never remarry).

Richard Wurmbrand

Wurmbrand, who passed through the penal facilities of Craiova, Gherla, the Danube – Black Sea Canal, Văcăreşti, Malmaison, Cluj, and ultimately Jilava, spent three years in solitary confinement.

Voice of the Martyrs

In 1966, Wurmbrand testified before the Internal Security Subcommittee of the US Senate about the treatment that Christians received under Communist governments, raising world-wide interest in Christian persecution, and through his influence several missions were founded around the world to help support Christians who suffered under Communist persecution.


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