Jan Černý-Nigranus (1500 or 1510 – 5 February 1565) was a

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historian, preacher and

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of the

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Life

He was born in Kunvald. In 1537 he was ordained

and worked in the congregation of Moravian Church in Brandýs nad Labem. During the persecution against the followers of the "Czech brothers" he escaped to

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. He died in

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Works

*''Acta Unitatis Fratrum'' (Akta Jednoty bratrské) *''Poznamenání některých skutků Božích obzvláštních'' 16th-century births 1565 deaths People from Ústí nad Orlicí District Czech bishops 16th-century historians from Bohemia Bishops of the Moravian Church Czech people of the Moravian Church {{Czech-bio-stub