Towards the Farnovians, the Socinians were much more indulgent; for they were not excommunicated, nor required to abdandon the opinions they held, but only to conceal them, and not advance them in their sermons. The head of this party was Stanislaus Farnovius, or Farnesius; who was induced by Peter Gonesius, to prefer the Arian hypothesis before the Socinian; and who maintained, that before the foundation of the world, Christ was either begotten or produced out of nothing, by the supreme God. What he thought of the Holy Spirit, is less clear: but it is known, that he forbid his followers to pray to the Holy Spirit. When Farnovius separated himself from the other Unitarians, 1568, he had many adherents, who were distinguished both for influence and learning; among others, Martin Czechovicius, John Niemoiouius, Stanislaus Wisnowius, John Falconius, and George Schomann. But a part of these were overcome by the gentle treatment, and the dexterous reasoning, of the Socinians; and others were afterwards discouraged and disheartened, by the discreet managements of Faustus Socinus. At last the party, being bereft of its leader, Farnovius, who died in the year 1615, became dispersed and extinct.
Institutes of Ecclesiastical History: Ancient and Modern, Vol. 3, p. 276. Source
