John Wycliffe was one of the first to translate parts of the Bible into English in 1382. 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.
