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Jan Blahoslav

Jan Blahoslav
Jan Blahoslav
Short Name: Jan Blahoslav
Full Name: Blahoslav, Jan, 1523-1571
Birth Year: 1523
Death Year: 1571

John Blahoslav [b. Feb. 20, 1523, at Prerau, Moravia; Bp. 1557; Secretary of the Unity, 1558; d. Nov. 24, 1571, at Kromau, Moravia] has 65 in the 1561 [Bohemian] Hymn Book, 17 being revisions of older Bohemian hymns.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Jan Blahoslav (20 February 1523 – 24 November 1571) was a Czech humanistic writer, poet, translator, etymologist, hymnographer, grammarian, music theorist and composer. He was a Unity of the Brethren bishop, and translated the New Testament into Czech in 1564. This was incorporated into the Bible of Kralice.
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