Jonas Bretkūnas, Johann Bretke, also known as Bretkus (born 1536 in Bammeln near Friedland

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 – 1602 Königsberg

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) was a Lutheran pastor and was one of the best known developers of the written Lithuanian language

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. He translated the Bible

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 into Lithuanian, was the author of twelve Lithuanian books, and a historian as well.
Jonas Bretkūnas, Johann(es) Bretke was born in Prussia in 1536. His father was German (according to Gerullis) or Germanized Prussian, and his mother from a native Prussian family.