Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Abercromby, John (d.1561?)

561843Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 01 — Abercromby, John (d.1561?)1885Thompson Cooper

ABERCROMBY, JOHN (d. 1561?) , a Scotch monk of the order of St. Benedict, was a staunch opponent of the doctrines of the Reformation, and on that account was condemned to death and executed about the year 1561. He was the author of ‘Veritatis Defensio’ and ‘Hæreseos Confusio.’ It does not appear that either of these works was printed.

[Dempster, Hist. Eccl. Gentis Scotorum, i. 28; Tanner, Bibl. Britannico-Hibernica.]

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