Socinus, Faustus, a theologian, born in Italy; had for his views to exile himself for years, and was much persecuted for his opinions; in Cracow, where he dwelt for a time, he was by a mob dragged from a sick-bed half-naked along the street, had his house robbed and his papers burned (1530‒1601).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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