John Abercromby (monk)

For other people with the same name, see John Abercromby (disambiguation).

John Abercromby (fl. 1561) was, according to Thomas Dempster's Historia ecclesiastica (1829),^[1] a Benedictine monk who was executed for his Roman Catholicism. However, his identity is doubtful: "Abercromby has not come to light in recent scholarly work, nor is he found in the published records... The only possible conclusion is that John Abercromby is a figment, a 'ghost' fabricated by Thomas Dempster."^[2]

John Abercromby
Died	1561 (1562)
Cause of death	Execution
Occupation	Benedictine monk (supposed)
Known for	Supposed writer of Veritatis Defensio and Hæreseos Confusio

According to the 1885 Dictionary of National Biography, he was the author of Veritatis Defensio and Hæreseos Confusio.^[3]