Jan Łasicki (; 1534–1602) was a Polish historian and theologian. He was well-educated and traveled extensively in Western Europe from 1556 to 1581. Around 1557 he converted to

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, becoming a follower of the Unity of the brethren in 1567. His major work is eight-volume ''Historia de origine et rebus gestis fratrum Bohemicorum''. The Only one volume survives which deals with customs and organizations of the brethren and was first published in 1660. His other works include ''Historia de ingressu Polonorum in Valachiam cum Bogdano'' (1584) about the Polish invasion of

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. The work was translated into Polish by

Władysław Syrokomla Ludwik Władysław Franciszek Kondratowicz (29 September 1823 – 15 September 1862), better known as Władysław Syrokomla (), was a Polish romantic poet, writer and translator working in Vilnius and Vilna Governorate, then Russian Empire, whos ...

in 1855. His 18-page ''Concerning the gods of Samagitians, and other

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and false Christians'' (''De diis Samagitarum caeterorumque Sarmatarum et falsorum Christianorum'', written and published in 1615) provides a list of Lithuanian gods and is an important resource in the study of the

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1534 births 1599 deaths Converts to Calvinism 16th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Writers of the Moravian Church {{theologian-stub