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Priscillian

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A Spaniard of noble birth, who introduced a Gnostic and Manichæan heresy into Spain, and founded a sect called after him, and was put to death by the Emperor Maximius in 385; his followers were an idly speculative sect, who practised a rigidly ascetic style of life, and after being much calumniated did not survive him over 60 years.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Priscillian'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/priscillian.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.

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