1. hamilton, patrick a Scottish martyr, born at the close of the 15th century, probably in Glasgow; returning from his continental studies at Paris and Louvain he came to St. Andrews University, where his Lutheran sympathies involved him in trouble; he escaped to the Continent, visited Wittenberg, the home of Luther, and then settled in Marburg, but returned to Scotland at the close of the sameyear (1527) and married; the following year he was burned at the stake in St. Andrews for heresy; his eager and winningnature and love of knowledge, together with his early martyrdom, have served to invest him with a special interest.
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