Bedřich Bridel

Bedřich Bridel, or Fridrich Bridelius (German: Friedrich Briedel, Bridelius; 1619, Vysoké Mýto – October 15, 1680, Kutná Hora) was a Czech baroque writer, poet, and missionary.

[1] From 1656 to 1660 he led the printing office of the Jesuits in the Prague Clementinum.

Following the 1660 he devoted himself exclusively to the missionary and predicatory activities in Bohemia.

Bridel's literary output is varied, he used more forms and genres.

He also translated the German and Latin texts into Czech.