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Antonín Brus Of Mohelnice
Antonín Brus of Mohelnice (, ; 13 February 1518 – 28 August 1580) was a Moravian Archbishop of Prague. Life Brus was born on 13 February 1518 in Mohelnice in Moravia. After receiving his education at Prague he joined the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star, an ecclesiastical order established in Bohemia in the thirteenth century. After his ordination to the priesthood Emperor Ferdinand I appointed him chaplain of the Austrian army, in which capacity he served during the Turkish war (1542–45). He was elected Grand Master General of his order in 1552, when he was only 34 years of age. In 1558 he became Bishop of Vienna; in 1561 the emperor made him Archbishop of Prague, a see which had remained vacant since 1421 when Archbishop Conrad abandoned his flock and entered the Hussite camp. During the intervening years the archdiocese was governed by administrators elected by the cathedral chapter. Before Archbishop Brus took possession of his see, Emperor Ferdinand I, who wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohelnice - Brus' Born House
Mohelnice (; ) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Mohelnice consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Mohelnice (7,717) *Křemačov (157) *Květín (134) *Libivá (212) *Podolí (390) *Řepová (154) *Studená Loučka (176) *Újezd (201) Studená Loučka forms an exclave of the municipal territory. Geography Mohelnice is located about south of Šumperk and northwest of Olomouc. The eastern part of the municipal territory of Mohelnice lies in the Mohelnice Depression lowland. The western part lies in the Zábřeh Highlands. The highest point is the hill Hekelův kopec at above sea level. In the eastern part are located two artificial lakes created by flooding sandstone quarries, Mohelnické and Moravičanské. The easternmost part of Mohelnice w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |