Jonas Jaknavičius (1589 – April 11, 1668) was a

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chancellery worker, teacher,

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of the

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College, and Vilnius College. Jaknavičius prepared and published a book about the Polish and Lithuanian

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s for

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s ( pl, Ewangelie polskie y litewskie, lt, Lenkiškos ir lietuviškos evangelijos) which was republished 40 times in the 17th-19th centuries due to their popularity. The ''Ewangelie polskie y litewskie'' was written and published in

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and

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s. The oldest surviving version of the ''Ewangelie polskie y litewskie'' is from 1647 and was recognized by

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(currently preserved at the

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). Jaknavičius also contributed to the 2nd edition (1631) of

Konstantinas Sirvydas Konstantinas Sirvydas (rarely referred as ''Konstantinas Širvydas''; la, Constantinus Szyrwid; pl, Konstanty Szyrwid; – August 23, 1631) was a Lithuanian religious preacher, lexicographer, and one of the pioneers of Lithuanian literatu ...

' dictionary ''Dictionarium Trium Lingvarum in usum Studiosæ Iuventutis''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jaknavicius, Jonas Balticists 1580s births 1668 deaths Lithuanian lexicographers Linguists from Lithuania Lithuanian writers History of the Lithuanian language 16th-century Lithuanian Jesuits 17th-century Lithuanian Jesuits Academic staff of Vilnius University Academic staff of Kražiai College