Matěj Poustevník (

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1520s) was a radical

Anabaptist Anabaptism (from Neo-Latin , from the Greek language, Greek : 're-' and 'baptism'; , earlier also )Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term (translation: "Re-baptizers"), considering it biased. ...

lay preacher from

Žatec Žatec (; ) is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Žatec is famous for an over-700-year-long tradition of growing Saaz hops, Saaz noble hops u ...

. Poustevník was with

Jan Dubčanský ze Zdenína Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

a co-founder of the pacifist Moravian Habrovanite Brethren.Jarold Knox Zeman ''The Anabaptists and the Czech Brethren in Moravia 1526-1628'' 1969 "Not many details are known about the origin and life of Vaclav of Vilemov.32 Some time in 1526 or 1527 he joined Jan Dubcansky' at Habrovany to form with him and with Matej Poustevnik the founding trio of the Unity of Habrovanite Brethren"

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