Polykarp Leyser II
Polykarp Leyser II (20 November 1586, Wittenberg - 15 January 1633, Leipzig) was a German Lutheran theologian and superintendent in Leipzig.
Lesyer became Professor of Theology at Wittenberg in 1610; he stayed there for three years, then became Professor of Theology at Leipzig, a post which he held until his death.[1]
Life
Provenance
His father Polykarp Leyser the Elder, was a theologian.[2] His mother was Elisabeth, daughter of the painter Lucas Cranach the Younger.[3] Two of his brothers, Friedrich and Wilhelm, were also theologians.[4]
Family
He was the father of nine recorded children, most of whom became theologians. His son, Johann Leyser, was also a theologian, but found himself cut off from his family for his controversial defense of polygamy. One of Polykarp's sons, however, Michael Leyser became a physician and anatomist, making important contributions to documenting the medical advances of the time, notably in respect of the Lymphatic system.[5]
His grandson Polykarp Leyser III and his great-grandson Polykarp Leyser IV were all also theologians.[3]
References
- ^ "Polykarp Leyser, II (1586-1633)". Post Reformation Digital Library. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ^ "Leyser, Polykarp (IV.)". Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Leyser, Polykarp the Elder (1552-1610)". Global Museum. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "Polycarp Leyser the Elder". Saxon Biography. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ^ August Hirsch (1884). "Lyser: Michael L., Arzt, im Anfange des 17. Jahrhunderts in Leipzig geb ..." Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig & Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München. pp. 740–741. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
Bibliography
- Biography in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- "Entry". Zedlers Universallexikon. Vol. 17. p. 382.
- Erdmann Hannibal Albrecht: Sächsische evangelisch-luther’sche Kirchen- und Predigengeschichte, von ihrem Ursprung an die bis auf gegenwärtige Zeiten. Leipzig 1799, S. 61, (GoogleBooks)