William de Alton
English Dominican friar
About William de Alton
Born 1307.
William de Alton (born 1307) was a Dominican friar from Alton, Hampshire, who lived during the reign of Edward II. He is known for writing The Universality of the Pollution of Mankind by Original Sin. This tract on original sin argues that in its polluting all of mankind
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English Dominican friar
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William de Alton was born in 1307.
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