a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born in 1545 at Hanover. He studied at Wittenberg, was in 1571 pastor at Grunow, and in 1591 superintendent at Gosslar. On account of his holding the doctrine of ubiquity, he was deposed of his office and went to Hanover, where he died, Dec. 30, 1606. He wrote Itinerarium Biblicum (Magdeburg, 1597, 1718): - Harmonia Evangelistarum (Helmstaidt, 1583):-De Monetis et Mensuris S. Scripturce :-Vita Johannis Baptistce. See Heineccius, Antiquitates Goslar; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 136; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B. P.)