Jan Hus anniversary marked around the country

Masses were held around the country on Saturday commemorating the legacy of the 15th century reformer priest Jan Hus who was burned at the stake on July 6, 1415. Jan Hus (John Huss) was a Catholic priest and rector of the University of Prague who was strongly influenced by the teachings of the English reformer priest John Wycliffe. He translated Wycliffe’s works into Czech and proposed to reform the church in Bohemia just as Wycliffe had in England. Hus was excommunicated by the Catholic Church in 1411 before being condemned as a heretic and executed in Constance four years later.