Verena Baumann, a young servant girl from the rural canton of Appenzell in Switzerland, found herself drawn to the teachings of the Anabaptists during the early 16th century. The Anabaptists believed in adult baptism, rejecting the practice of infant baptism common in the Catholic and Lutheran churches. They held that

Verena Baumann, a young servant girl from the rural canton of Appenzell in Switzerland, found herself drawn to the teachings of the Anabaptists during the early 16th century. The Anabaptists believed in adult baptism, rejecting the practice of infant baptism common in the Catholic and Lutheran churches. They held that