Emmerich the Accursed

Emmerich the Accursed (538—582) was a prelate of the Haselhorst Conclave, Primate of Versau, and figurehead of the Emmerich heresy. As a preacher, his fiery reformist sermons inspired thousands to arm themselves against the church and King Guillaume I. His visions, outlined in his final speech, The Baierz Declaration made at Arnbruck soon before his murder, fathered much of the presiding philosophies behind the Triumvirate Concordat and Zeichen heresy. He and his followers were murdered in the Emmerichite Pogroms, as heretics in defense of the church and crown.