John Abercromby (monk)
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- For the archaeologist see John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby
John Abercromby (fl. 1561) was, according to Thomas Dempster's Historia ecclesiastica, a Benedictine monk who was executed for his Roman Catholicism. However, his identity is doubtful: "Abercromby has not come to light in recent scholarly work, nor is he found in the published records... The only possible conclusion is that John Abercromby is a figment, a ‘ghost’ fabricated by Thomas Dempster."[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Mark Dilworth, ‘Abercromby, John (supp. fl. 1561)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 26 Sept 2007
