Adrian Hamsted

Adrian Hamsted was the eponymous Dutch founder of the sect of Adrianists.

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Dirk Willems (picture) saves his pursuer. This act of mercy led to his recapture, after which he was burned at the stake near Asperen (etching from Jan Luyken in the 1685 edition of Martyrs Mirror)
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He was born at Dordrecht in 1524; died at Bruges in 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 Protestant 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.

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  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Adrian Hamsted". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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