Neuser Adam N euser Adam , (or Neusner, as the name is written by Sandius,) was Minister of St. Peter's Church, at Heidelberg. About the year 1565, a controversy arose in that city respecting Church Government. Till then, excommunication had not been...
Niger Francis N iger Francis , (Ital. Francesco Negri,) of Bassano, on the dissolution of the society at Vicence, in 1546, of which he is said to have been a member, escaped the vigilance of the officers of the Inquisition, but whether by flight, or by...
De Chiari James D e Chiari James was a member of the society at Vicence, who, in 1546, was seized by the officers of the Inquisition, and thrown into prison, where he died (what is called) a natural death: but his end was probably hastened by the severe...
De Prez Justus D e Prez Justus , called Jodocus by F. Socin , (Fratr. Pol. T. I. p. 426,) is mentioned by Bock, in his "History of Prussian Socinianism," (§ vii. p. 17,) as living at Dantzic in the year 1584. That city also continued to be his place of...
Felbinger Jérémie F elbinger Jérémie , (Germ. Felwinger) était le fils d'un fourreur, et est né à Brieg, en Silésie, le 27 avril 1616. Il était destiné par ses amis à la loi, et de ce point de vue il fut placé sous les professeurs les plus éminents, mais...
Forkenbreck Wildebrand F orkenbreck Wildebrand is mentioned by Smalcius , in connexion with a young Westphalian, of the city of Munster, as silent and artful. He joined the Polish Socinians on the 23rd of December, 1612 ; and took his leave, in a very...
Gribaldi Mattheo (1506-1562) G ribaldi Matthew (Gribadus ; Ital. Matteo Gribaldo,) surnamed Mofa, and sometimes called Cherianus or Cheriensis, from Chieri, in Piedmont, the place of his nativity, was a learned Civilian of Padua. He taught in several...
Hamont Matthew Matthew Hamont, by trade a ploughwright, of Hethersett, in the county of Norfolk, three miles from Norwich, was cited to appear before the Bishop of that diocese, in the year 1579, for having, as Stowe observes, denied Christ our Saviour....
Hradecki Jean H radecki Jean , était un Bohémien, dont le synode de Rakow, en 1635, nomma tuteur de deux jeunes nobles, des familles Czlapic et Gostlawski . En 1636, il a été mis Recteur de l'école à Luclavice ; mais aucune autre particularité supplémentaire...
Kiszka Barbara B arbara , épouse Kiszka , Palatine of Witepsk, and mother of John Kiszka , of Ciechanowiecz, is included by Sandius in his Catalogue of Unitarian writers, because she addressed a letter to the Synod of Brzeziny, on the subject of Baptism....
Konarscius Alexandre K onarscius Alexandre , ( Polon . Konarski) w as one of the numerous emissaries, employed by the Polish Socinians, to disseminate their doctrines in foreign countries. In 1650, at the Assembly of Raszcow, Ruarus was commissioned to...
Krzyskievicius K rzyskievicius was mentioned in our account of John Crellius and Simon Pistorius . To the former of these he was appointed to act as amanuensis, about the year 1632 or 1633. With the latter he was associated, by the Synod of Kissielin,...
Legate Bartholomew L egate Bartholomew , whom Lamy, mistaking the proper name Legate for an appellative, calls "un Berthelmi qui avoit rempli des Ambassades," was a native of the county of Essex ; and is thus described by Fuller, in his "Church History...
Macieiowscius M acieiowscius , ( Polon. Maciejowski), was a convert from Catholicism, who officiated for a time as a Socinian Minister, but afterwards returned into the bosom of the Catholic Church. Peter Skarga makes mention of him, and of a letter addressed...
Macovius Samuel M acovius Samuel , (Polon. Makowski,) was a Doctor of Medicine, and doubtless the same person who is called in the Synodical Acts (A. D. 1633) "Doctor Bregensis," to free whom from the most wretched captivity, the Synod of Racow, in 1634,...
Modrevius Andrew Fricius M odrevius Fricius Andrew (Polon. Andreas Frycz Modrzewski,) was a Polish Knight, belonging to one of the most illustrious families in the Palatinate of Sandomir. Accounts of him have been written by Lubieniecius , Sandius, Bayle...
Morscovius Peter M orscovius Peter , (Polon. Morzkowski,) of Morzkow, was a Polish Knight, and a diligent hearer and disciple of John Crellius . There were many Morscovii ; but as they are designated by their surname only in the Manuscript Acts, it is,...
Francken Christian F rancken Christian was a native of Gardeleben, a town of the Old Mark of Brandenburg. Bock calls him "homo omnium partium planus ;" and in these few words we have an exact delineation of his character. He was once a Jesuit at Rome...
Franconius Daniel F ranconius Daniel , (called Franckius in the Synodical Acts,) according to Zeltner, took his surname from Franconia, which is supposed to have been his native country. Smalcius in his Diary, under the date, July 18th, 1609, calls him...
Freeke William F reeke William w as born about the year 1663. He wrote A Dialogue, in the Way of Question and Answer, concerning the Deity; and A brief but clear Confutation of the Trinity. Copies of the latter were sent, under cover, to several members...
Genga Fabius G enga Fabius was an Italian, belonging to the party of Faust Socin, as Faust himself testifies, in a letter written at Cracow, March 14th, 1593, and addressed to Everhard Spangenberg . From this letter we learn that he was then living chiefly...
Geisteranus John Everton (1586-1622) G eisteranus John Everton , (Belg. Jan Evertsz Geesteran), was the son of Everhard Geisteranus, whom Zeltner supposes to have been the person called Spiritus, by A. F. Modrevius , in the first book of his Sylvae. He...
Geizanovius George G eizanovius Georges , ( Polon. Geizanowski) w as admitted a pupil in the School of Luclavice in the year 1646, by a resolution of the Assembly of Daszow. In 1654, he was appointed assistant to Stegmann at the Church of Siedliski; and...
Geizanovius Stanilas G eizanovius Stanilas , (Polon. Geizanowski,) is called "an exile" in the Manuscript Acts of the Synod of Kissielin, A. D. 1638, and in many other places; but it does not appear from what country he had been banished. In 1634, he...
Gentilis John Valentine G entilis John Valentine (Ital. Gentile,) the son of Francis Gentilis, was a native of Cosenza, in the kingdom of Naples, and suffered death at Bern, on account of his religious sentiments; "his only error" being, in the words...
