Deaths on February 21

Jan Rokycana

Died on February 21, 1471

Jan Rokycana, Czech bishop and theologian (b. 1396)

John of Rokycany, also known as Jan of Rokycany, in Czech Jan Rokycana, and Jan z Rokycan (c. 1396 in Rokycany, Bohemia - 21 February 1471 in Prague) was a Czech Hussite theologian in the Kingdom of Bohemia and a key figure of the Bohemian Reformation.

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