John Wycliffe is a superstar when it comes to the history of the Bible since he was the first to translate parts of It into English in 1382 AD. He had a stroke while performing mass at St. Mary’s parish church in Lutterworth, England on December 28, 1384, and died three days later. However, he didn’t stay buried. Some 30 years later Pope Martin V was so furious at the idea of the Bible being in the hands of non-priests he had Wycliffe declared a heretic, his body exhumed, his bones burned, and then scattered the ashes into the Swift River. This is a monument to Wycliffe at St. Mary’s.
