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Jan Hus preached in Czech, not Latin, so ordinary people in Prague could understand. He spoke against the buying of church offices and the selling of indulgences. In 1415 the Council of Constance burned him at the stake.

His name means goose. Tradition says he told them, "You may roast a goose, but in a hundred years a swan will arise that you will not be able to burn." About a hundred years later came Martin Luther.

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Watch Part 3 of Torchbearers, a five part series on the men who carried the fire before Luther struck the match.

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Next: Episode 4, October 20.

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