'St Martin in the Wall.- Prague church where the communion sub utraque was served for the first time in 1414', (1947). Gothic church built between 1178-1187 adjacent to the walls of the Old Town of Prague, Bohemia, (modern-day Czech Republic). In 1414, the church's parish priest Jan of Hradec, a supporter of reformist theologian Jan Hus, gave Communion sub utraque, ie both the consecrated bread and wine. From "History of Czechoslovakia in Outline" by J. V. Polisensky. [Sphinx Publishers Ltd, Prague, 1947]
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