Lelio Sozzini, Italian Protestant theologian (b. 1525)
Lelio Francesco Maria Sozzini, or simply Lelio (Latin: Laelius Socinus; 29 January 1525 – 4 May 1562), was an Italian Renaissance humanist and anti-Trinitarian reformer, and uncle of the better known Fausto Sozzini (Latin: Faustus Socinus) from whom the Polish Brethren and early English Unitarians came to be called "Socinians".
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Events on 1562
- 17Jan
Edict of Saint-Germain
France recognizes the Huguenots by the Edict of Saint-Germain. - 18Jan
Council of Trent
Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session. - 1Mar
Massacre of Wassy
Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.