Hieronim Malecki
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Hieronim Malecki was the son of Johannes Maletius, who was a printer of Polish language Lutheran religious literature in Königsberg in Ducal Prussia, then a fief of Kingdom of Poland. Hieronim studied
A Polish translation of Martin Luther's postil by "Hieronim Malecki, parson of Lyck (now Ełk)".
Duchy of Prussia
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The Duchy of Prussia or Ducal Prussia was a duchy in the region of Prussia established as a result of secularization of the Monastic Prussia, the territory that remained under the control of the State
Hieronim Malecki
…Hieronim Malecki (also Hieronymus Maeletius or Meletius) (1527, most likely in Kraków – 1583 or 1584 in Lyck, Ducal Prussia (now Ełk) was a Polish, Prussian Lutheran pastor and theologian, as well as a translator, publisher, writer and creator of literary Polish. Hieronim…
The Prussian Homage (by Jan Matejko, 1882, National Museum, Kraków): Albert receives Ducal Prussia as a fief from King Sigismund I of Poland in 1525.
CATECHISMVSA PR Asty Szadei by Martynas Mažvydas, published in Königsberg, 1547