BISHOP'S BURIAL PLACE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20365, 20 September 1929, Page 10

BISHOP'S BURIAL PLACE.

A SUPPOSED DISCOVERY.

SKELETON AT AMSTERDAM

The works on educational methods of Johann Amos Komensky, commonly called Coraenius, have not been forgotten, says an Amsterdam correspondent., nor do the Moravian brethren ignore the important part this man played in the history of their Church, of which he became a bishop. Nevertheless, for 250 years Uio exact spot of his burial has been unknown. . There was sufficient proof that he died at Amsterdam in 1670, but whether he was buried in the capital of Holland was by no means sure. It was generally believed that the remains of Comenius were interred in the email fortified town of Naarden, at some distance from Amsterdam. A settlement of Moravian brethren had existed there, and for many years the opinion was expressed that in all probability the great educationist lay buried underneath the tailor's workshop of the Naarden barracks, where a couple of centuries ago pious Moravians gathered for worship. Recently the boards of the ancient barracks floor were torn up. Many Dutch arid Czecho Slovakian scholars and authorities had gathered to witness the work. At some depth beneath the flooring h well-preserved skeleton was found. There is rio inscription, nor any other indication that these are the bones of the Czech reformer, and a careful examination of the skeleton will therefore have to take place. If from comparison with contemporary descriptions of Comenius it-can be ascertained that the remains discovered are actually his the Czecho-Slovakians will do everything possible to obtain the coildent of the Hutch authorities to remote the bone 3 to Prague.