Lelio Sozzini
Italian theologian and co-founder of Socinianism (1525–1562) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lelio Francesco Maria Sozzini, or simply Lelio Sozzini (Latin: Laelius Socinus; 29 January 1525 – 4 May 1562), was an Italian Renaissance humanist and theologian,[1] and, alongside his nephew Fausto Sozzini, founder of the Nontrinitarian Christian belief system known as Socinianism.[1][2] His doctrine was developed among the Polish Brethren in the Polish Reformed Church between the 16th and 17th centuries,[1][3][4] and embraced by the Unitarian Church of Transylvania during the same period.[1][3][5]
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