Peter Payne

Peter Payne ( called English, Czech Engliš ) (* around 1385 in England; † 1456 in Prague) was an English, acting in Bohemia reformer.

Payne was a supporter of the English reformer John Wycliffe and Master of the Seven Liberal Arts of the University of Oxford. In England followed, he traveled in 1415 in Bohemia, to know the teachings of Jan Hus. He lived fast in Prague, taught at the University of Prague and was responsible with making sure that the sacrament of the most important symbols of the Hussites was.

Payne, referred to in Bohemia with the additive according to its origin English, was an excellent orator and diplomat as well as a tireless advocate of the doctrine of Jan Hus. He participated as a defender of the Hussites part in the Council of Basel of 1433 and defended the Prague article about the release of the church property and the elimination of the clergy to wealth and worldly influence.

Even after the battle of Lipan Payne gave his conviction not to. He was captured, ransomed and sold by King Sigismund of Bohemia. Payne left Prague, but came to a short time back. 1452 he has already led back the envoys of the Hussites after Constantine Opel. The Czech ambassador wanted to build contacts with the Greek Church, which also administered the sacrament. However, the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks had finally burst this meeting.

His last years were spent Payne under the protection of the Archbishop in the monastery.