Cosmas of Prague

Cosmas of Prague (Czech: Kosmas Pražský; Latin: Cosmas Decanus; c. 1045 – October 21, 1125) was a priest, writer and historian.

After his return to Bohemia, he married Božetěcha with whom he had a son, named Hermann or Zdic, and remained in minor orders.

His son later became Bishop of Olomouc.

[1] His magnum opus, written in Latin, is called Chronica Boemorum.

The Chronica is divided into three books: In the later 12th and 13th centuries, Cosmas's continuators brought his history down to 1283.