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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Henricans

or Henricians. A religious sect; so called from Henricus, its founder, an Italian monk, who, in the twelfth century, undertook to reform the vices of the clergy. He rejected infant baptism, festivals, and ceremonies. Henricus was imprisoned by Pope Eugenius III. in 1148.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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