Václav Melissaeus Krtský (also known as Václav Meduna Krtský; 1540 – 26 October 1578) was an

Utraquist Utraquism (from the Latin ''sub utraque specie'', meaning "under both kinds"), also called Calixtinism (from chalice; Latin: ''calix'', borrowed from Greek ''kalyx'', "shell, husk"; Czech: ''kališníci''), was a belief amongst Hussites, a pre-P ...

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priest in

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Biography

Václav Melissaeus Krtský was born in 1540 in Krty. He was the brother of

Jakub Melissaeus Krtský Jakub Melissaeus Krtský (also known as Jakub Meduna Krtský; 1554 – 20 October 1599) was an Utraquism, Utraquist Hussites, Hussite teacher and priest in Lands of the Bohemian Crown, Bohemia. Biography Jakub Melissaeus Krtský was born in 155 ...

(1554–1599) and father of

Václav Melissaeus Lounský Václav Melissaeus Lounský (also known as Václav Meduna Lounský; – 4 March 1631) was an Utraquist Hussite teacher and priest in Bohemia. Biography Václav Melissaeus Lounský was born around 1573 in Louny. He was the son of Václav Meliss ...

( 1573–1631). He was ordained to priesthood in 1560, chaplain in

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 ...

, dean in

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in 1568, and later spiritual administrator in

Český Dub Český Dub () is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban mon ...

. He composed spiritual songs, which are included in the Lomnický

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. In 1575, he was a member of the commission that compiled the Confessio Bohemica. His last will, dictated 15 October 1578 to municipal scribe Jan Thabořský, in the presence of

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Jan Jaroš and warden Jan Moravec, was confirmed by the Český Dub city council on 26 November 1578. In it, he bequeathed all his property to his wife Anna, mother of their children, and any inheritance and shares of the farm of his father (still alive in 1578) to his "relatives and blood friends". He died on 26 October 1578 in Český Dub.

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