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Francysk Skaryna

c. 1490–c. 1551 · 16th century · Also known as Francisk Skorina

Francysk Skaryna was a printer, translator and physician from Polotsk in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1517-1519 he printed books of the Bible in Prague in a Church Slavonic close to the vernacular, and in the 1520s he set up the first printing press in Vilnius. He is regarded as a founder of Belarusian printing and literature.

Francysk Skaryna
Image: Francišak Skaryna · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Francysk Skaryna. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/francysk-skaryna
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