Sohner Ernest S ohner Ernest , was born at Nuremberg, in Franconia, in the year 1572. His father, Mark Sohner, was a merchant, a respectable citizen, and a man of no ordinary merit, on which account he was invested, by Maximilian II., with the privileges...
Socin Cornelius S ocin Cornelius , (Socinus ; Italien Sozini ou Sozzini,) as we learn from Przipcovius , lived at Sienna, with his brother Camillus , and his nephew Faustus . After that city had fallen under the dominion of the Grand Duke of Tuscany,...
Siemichovia Sophia S iemichovia Sophia was a noble Polish lady, whose name Sandius was unwilling to omit, in his list of Antitrinitarian writers, because it was not only upon record, that she had addressed a letter to Faust Socin on the subject of Baptism,...
Siedlecius James S iedlecius James , (Polon. Siedletzki,) was appointed a Catechist in the Church at Racow, A. D. 1619 ; and ordained in the following year, as Pastor of the Church at Zarsyn. But in 1628 he removed to Lachowice, at the request of Christopher...
Saiovicius Andrew S aiovicius Andrew , (Polon. Saiowicki,) w as one of the Masters of the School of Luclavice, in 1646; but by a resolution of the Assembly of Raszcow, in 1650, he was appointed Minister of the Church collected at Piella. (Vidend. Bock,...
Ruarus Joachim R uarus Joachim , (Germ. Ruar,) the brother of Martin Ruarus , became a student in the University of Altorf on the 9th of July, 1612. He had received the whole of his previous education under the paternal roof ; and his object in going...
Radzivil Nicholas R adzivil Nicholas , Prince, Palatine of Wilna, and Grand Marshal and Chancellor of Lithuania, was first cousin of Barbara Radzivil, Queen of Poland, and one of the earliest, and most illustrious, as well as consistent patrons of the...
Powling William P owling William was a sawyer, of Thornham, in Kent, who, in the reign of Mary, made the following Confession, which was signed by himself ; and countersigned by Nicholas Harpsfield, Archdeacon of Canterbury, Warham St. Leger, Thomas Roydon,...
Pauli Stephen P auli Stephen , a Hungarian, son-in-law of Adam Franck , and probably grandson of Gregory Pauli , was Pastor of the Saxon Church of Unitarians at Clausenburg, in Transylvania. He died about the year 1672, at the age of forty-two, or forty-three;...
Patingham Patrick P atingham Patrick is said by Sandius, in his "Nucleus Historiae Ecclesiasticae," (Ed. 1676,) to have been burnt as an Arian, at Uxbridge, in England, August 29th, 1555. The authority, on which this assertion is made, is Thomas Cooper's...
Ostens James ou Jacob O stens James ou Jacob w as a native of Holland, and Minister of the Church of Mennonites, called Waterlandians, at Rotterdam, where he died in the year 1679. He published, in Dutch, 1. Animadversions upon the Confession of G. Aldendorp,...
Newton Isaac (section 2) I t is reasonable to presume, that the attention of Newton was directed to the consideration of 1 John v. 7, and 1 Tim. iii. 16, by the fact, that these passages were regarded as main supports of the Trinitarian doctrine; and...
Morstinius Severin M orstinius Severin , ( Polon. Morsztyn,) sometimes called "Serinus Morstinius" in the Manuscript Synodical Acts, was the son of Christopher Morstinius , and inherited his father's zeal, as well as his landed estates. But there were...
Vortius William Henry V ortius William Henry , or (Vorts), was the son of Conrad Vorstius, (vide Art. 151,) and Pastor of a Church of Remonstrants at Warmond. He is incidentally mentioned by Bock, (Hist. Ant. T. I. p. 1003,) who promises a fuller account...
Vitrelinus Alexander V itrelinus Alexander was Pastor of Pinczow in the year 1555. He is often mentioned in the Synodical Acts ; but little is known of his personal history, beyond the meagre account, which Sandius has furnished of him. (B. A. p. 46.)...
Van Flekwyk Hermann V an Flekwyk Hermann was a Dutch Baptist, whose name has become memorable, in consequence of a Dialogue, which he held with Cornelius Adrians, a Franciscan Friar, of Dort, commonly called Broer Cornells, a man of a violent and bitter...
Sylvanus John S ylvanus John was a Tyrolese, of Etschland, on the banks of the Adige. He was first a Catholic ; then a Lutheran ; and finally an Antitrinitarian. Sandius says that he was Inspector or Comptroller of Ladenburg ; and alludes to a report...
Stegmann Laurence S tegmann Laurence , brother of Joachim and Christopher Stegmann , was the last Rector of the College at Racow ; and was also Minister of the German Church in that town, at the time of the expulsion of the Socinians, in 1638. After that...
Stano Samuel S tano Samuel w as probably a son, or relation, of Francis Stano . In 1684, at the Assembly or Synod of Rutow, in Prussia, he was admitted, on probation, a candidate for the ministry; and in 1687, his consecration to the ministerial office,...
Schomann Peter S chomann Peter the younger son of George Schomann , was born in 1574, and devoted himself to the study of Medicine, in which profession he attained to great celebrity. In the year 1596, he accompanied Peter Ostrowski in the Polish embassy...
Ronemberg Simon R onemberg Simon , sometimes called Simon PharmaCopjeus, in allusion to his trade of an Apothecary, was a citizen of Cracow, and Elder of the first Unitarian Baptist Church in that place. He was an exceedingly zealous advocate of Adult...
Radzvill Anne R adzivill Anne, Princess, like the Lady Barbara Kiszka , has been honoured with a place in Sandius's "Bibliotheca Antitrinitariorum," and for a similar reason ; namely, because she addressed a letter to the Synod of Brzeziny on the subject...
Przybytovicius Peter P rzybytovicius Peter , (Polon. Przybytowicz), was Minister of Krupe, and died A. D. 1617. Sandius calls him Peter Przybylovicius (B. A. pp. 174, 175) ; but Smalcius , in his Diary, (Apud Zeltner, p. 1174,) evidently alluding to the...
Philipovius Jérôme P hilipovius Jerome , (Polon. Filipowski,) must be placed among the earliest Unitarians of Poland, and thenpresidents and patrons, who, in the Conference held at Petricow, in 1565, strenuously defended their party. When Ochinus was...
Pastorius Joachim P astorius Joachim ab Hirtenberg (ou HirtensBero), a native of Glogau, in Silesia, was invested with the rank of a Polish Knight for his public services. He was a Doctor of Medicine, and discharged the office of Professor in the Gymnasia...
