Jan Hus - Famous Followers of Jan Hus

Famous Followers of Jan Hus

  • Jerome of Prague, Hus's friend and devoted follower shared his fate and on 30 May 1416 was also burned at Konstanz
  • Jan Kardinál z Rejnštejna (1375–1428) (German: Johannes Cardinalis von Bergreichenstein)
  • Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha (c. 1360–1424), Czech general and Hussite leader
  • Matěj z Knína (died 26 March 1410) (in German: Matthäus von Knin)
  • Mikuláš Biskupec z Pelhřimova (1385 Poděbrady – 1460 Poděbrady) (in Latin: Nicolaus Pilgramensis, in German: Nikolaus von Pelgrims)

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