FREDET, Peter, author, born in Sebasat, Anvergne, France, in 1801 ; died in Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, in 1856. He received his preparatory education in the College of Clermont, and afterward entered the ecclesiastical seminary of Clermont-Ferrand. After his promotion to the priesthood he joined the Society of St. Sulpice, and was sent as professor to the Sulpitian seminary of Rodez. Here he remained six years, when he embarked for the United States, and arrived in Baltimore in 1831. He spent the remainder of his life as professor of various branches of ecclesiastical learning in St. Mary's seminary, Baltimore, and published an "Ancient History" (Baltimore, 1850), and a "Modern History" (1842). These were adopted as Textbooks in the Roman Catholic Colleges of the United States, and also in the Roman Catholic University of Ireland. His other works are controversial or theological, and include "Inspiration and Canon of Scripture" ; "Original Texts and Translations of the Bible"; "Interpretation of Scripture "; "Necessity of Baptism "; "Effects of Baptism and the Obligations attached to it" ; " Lay Baptism" ; and "Doctrine of Exclusive Salvation."