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Alesius, Alexander

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Alesius, Alexander (1500–65), also ‘Aless’ or ‘Alane’, Scottish Lutheran divine. As a canon of St Andrews, he was selected to confute Patrick Hamilton, but was won over by his arguments and steadfastness at the stake (1528). Soon afterwards he preached a sermon attacking the morals of the clergy. He was imprisoned but escaped to Germany, where he signed the Augsburg Confession. For a short time he was lecturer in divinity at Cambridge; in 1540 he became professor of theology at Frankfurt-on-Oder. He wrote many exegetical and controversial works.

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