Jan Dubravius

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Jan Dubravius
Bishop of Olomouc
Jan Dubravius
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Olomouc
In office	27 June 1541 – 6 September 1553
Predecessor	Bernard Zoubek ze Zdětína [cs]
Successor	Marek Khuen z Olomouce [cs]
Orders
Consecration	2 January 1542 by Dominik Małachowski
Personal details
Born	Jan Skála z Doubravky a Hradiště 1486 (1486) Plzeň, Kingdom of Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
Died	9 September 1553(1553-09-09) (aged 66–67) Kromĕříž, Margraviate of Moravia, Holy Roman Empire

Jo(h)annes Dubravius (c. 1486 in Plzeň – 9 September 1553 in Kroměříž) was a Czech churchman, humanist and writer. He became the bishop of Olomouc. His name is given also as Jan Dubravius or Janus Dubravius, Jan Skála z Doubravky and Jan z Doubravky, and Dubravinius.

He studied in the grammar school at Plzen. For higher education, he studied at the University of Prague, as well as the gymnasium at Vienna. At the University of Padua, he obtained the degree of Doctor of Ecclesiastical Law.

He returned to Bohemia in 1511 or 1512. He became Archdeacon of Olomouc, as well as Provost at Kremsier and Olbramstkastel.

Dubravius was involved in negotiating a family alliance between King Sigismund and Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan.

Works

• Martiani Capellae Nuptiae Mercurii cum Philologia, Commentary on Martianus Capella
• Theriobulia Joannis Dubravii iurisconsulti et equitis aurati De regiis praeceptis, poetic beast fables
• Commentarii in V Davidis psalmum
• Libellus de piscinis et piscium, qui in eis aluntur natura, a work on fish ponds, dedicated to Anton Fugger, cited by Izaak Walton
• Historia regni Bohemiae (1552), chronicle

References

External links

• De piscinis et piscium, qui in eis aluntur naturis, in five books, (1559)
• Historia Bohemica (1687)