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Fredet, Peter

clergyman, author, was born in 1801 in France. He was a Roman catholic priest who came from France to America in 1831, and was professor in St. Mary's seminary at Baltimore from that date until his death. He is the author of Ancient History; Modern History; Original Texts and Translations of the Bible; Treatise on the Eucharistic Mystery; Lay Baptism; Inspiration and Canon of Scripture; Interpretation of Scripture; Doctrine of Exclusive Salvation; Necessity of Baptism; and Effect of Baptism. He died in 1856 in Ellicott's Mills, Md.

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