a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born March 30, 1554. He studied at Leipsic, was superintendent at Dresden, and died January 24, 1624, doctor of theology. He wrote, Erklarung und Auslegung der 2 Bucher Samuelis: — Auslegung des Propheten Amos: — Predigten uber den Propheten Jona: Eruklrung des xxii Psalmss: — Explicatio Symboli Athanasii, etc. See Witte, Diarium Eruditorum; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)