Jakub Kunvaldský (1528–1578) or Jakub Zežula (''Zezhula'') was a

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clergyman from

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, a pedagogist and editor of

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s. He worked among other places in

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and Starý Jičín. He was the editor of the hymnals ''Písně chval Božských'' (''Songs of Divine Worship'', 1572) and ''Nešpor český'' (''Czech Vesper'', 1576). Both of them were printed in

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Bibliography

* Josef Jireček, ''Jakub Kunwaldský a jeho kancionál''. Časopis Matice moravské, 1874. Czech Lutheran clergy 16th-century Lutheran clergy Czech male writers 1528 births 1578 deaths {{Christian-clergy-stub