Caspar Cruciger the Younger
Deceased Person
1525 – 1597
Who was Caspar Cruciger the Younger?
Caspar Cruciger the Younger was a German theologian.
Born in Wittenberg, he was the son of Caspar Cruciger the Elder and his wife, the hymnwriter and former nun Elisabeth von Meseritz. He was Melanchthon's successor at the University of Wittenberg. In the discussions after 1570 he was one of the leaders of the Philippists, and was engulfed in their catastrophe in 1574. He was imprisoned and was banished from Saxony in 1576.
After a short residence with the count of Nassau at Dillenburg he went to Hesse, and died as pastor and president of the consistory at Kassel.
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- Born
- Mar 19, 1525
Wittenberg - Children
- Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Wittenberg
- Died
- Apr 16, 1597
Kassel
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on July 23, 2013
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