Hussitism, Jacob of Marchia
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It first appeared in Hungary from 1410, when János Husz's student, Jerome of Prague preached in Buda. The Hussites turned against the existing chuch organisation, they doubted the privileges of the church order and demanded holy communion in two scenes.After János Husz's sentence at the synod of Constanz and his death "at the stake" (6 July 1415) it became a social movement in the Czech state. It had three trends: the mild Chalice branch, the radical Campers and the so-called 'Orphans', who followed Husz's teachings.
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Jacob of Marchia (1391-1476)
Franciscan monk, preacher, inquisitor. In 1432 he was sent to reform the Bosnian Franciscan district, in 1436, at the request of King Sigismund, the Pope appointed him inqusitor to the territory of Hungary, and the Hungarian prelates invited him to their church districts to demolish Hussitism. He worked in the chuch districts of Bosnia, Szerém, Pécs, Kalocsa, Csanád and Transylvania till 1439. According to this own report, he converted 25.000 people. His strictness met the dissatisfaction of Hunagarian secular priesthood. In 1726 he was canonised.
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