Jerome of Prague Burned
May 30, 1416
A year after Jan Hus, his fellow Bohemian reformer Jerome of Prague was condemned by the Council of Constance and burned at the same spot. A witness at the execution reported that Jerome sang hymns until the flames made singing impossible. Two Czech reformers had now been martyred in one year.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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