JEROME OF PRAGUE, so called from the place of his birth in Bohemia. He was neither a monk nor a clergyman, but had received a learned education. Having embraced the opinions of John Huss, he began to propagate them in the year 1480. In the mean time the council of Nice kept a watchful eye over him, and, considering him as a dangerous person, cited him to appear before them and give an account of his faith. In obedience to this citation, he went to Constance; but on his arrival, in 1415, finding Huss in prison, he set out for his own country. Being seized on the way, imprisoned, and examined, however, he was so intimidated that he retracted, and pretended to approve of the condemnation of the opinions of Wickliff and Huss. But he recanted his retraction, which, on the 26th of May 1416, he condemned in these terms: "I am not ashamed to confess here publicly my weakness. Yes, with horror I confess my base cowardice. It was only the dread of the punishment by fire which drew me to consent, against my conscience, to the condemnation of the doctrine of Wickliff and Huss." Accordingly sentence was passed on him, in pursuance of which he was delivered to the secular arm, and burned, in 1416. He was a person of great parts, learning, and elocution.