Virginius, Andreas

Virginius, Andreas a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born Nov. 9, 1596, in Pomerania. He studied at Rostock and Greifswalde, and died as bishop of Esthonia and president of the Reval Consistory, Dec. 20, 1664. He wrote, Disput. Johanniticae de Praecipuis Religionis Christ. Capitib. —De Deo in Essentia Uno et in Personis Trino, ex Deuteronomy 6:4; Ps 33:6; Matthew 28:19; et 2 Corinthians 13:13, etc. See Witte, Memoriae Theologorum; Rollii Bibliotheca Nobilium Theologorum; Jocher, Allgem. Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)