Eskilli, Nicolaus

Eskilli, Nicolaus a Swedish theologian, was born July 4, 1588. He studied at different universities of Germany, and was in 1611 rector at Calmar. The war: between Sweden and Denmark put a sudden stop to his activity, but he resumed it in 1623. He died Feb. 17,1650, leaving, Disp. Synodalis de Scriptura Sacrct (Colmar, 1629): — De Jehovah Elohim (ibid. 1632): — De Persona et Officio Christi (ibid. 1633): — De Creatione et Providentia (ibid. 1635): — Disputationes Octa Synodales (ibid.). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)