Adrian Hamsted
Dutch founder of the Adrianist sect
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| Intro | Dutch founder of the Adrianist sect | |
| Places | Netherlands | |
| was | Founder | |
| Work field | Business | |
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| Birth | 1524 | |
| Death | 1581 (aged 57 years) |
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Adrian Hamsted was the eponymous Dutch founder of the sect of Adrianists.
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.