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Adrian Hamsted
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Founder of the sect of Adrianists; born at Dordrecht, 1524; died at Bruges, 1581. We know nothing of his personal history, and very little concerning the short-lived sect to which he gave his name. The Adrianists, who were mostly women, professed in general the doctrines of the Anabaptists; but what their specific beliefs were cannot be ascertained. Charges of immorality have been named against them, but have never been proved.
Source Record
- Author
- Kelly, Leo
- Publication
- The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1910.
- Nihil Obstat
- Nihil Obstat. June 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.
- Imprimatur
- Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.