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How did Jan Hus receive his name from Husinec in Bohemia?
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Jan Hus
Jan Hus at the stake, colored woodcut from a Hussite prayer book, 1563.
Jan Hus did not receive his name through a complex process; he simply adopted it from his place of birth. Born to poor parents in the town of Husinec in southern Bohemia, he took the name Hus as a direct reference to his hometown.1