Career
He might be related to Wilhelm Nigrinus (1588, in Kaaden - 1638, in Wittenberg) (de), a German philosopher. Both Opitz and Nigrinus sent recommendation letters along with a Robert Fludd. Comenius of Bohemia and Nigrinus had worked in nearby Elbing (Elbląg) on a Bohemian Pansophy.
After the poet Opitz died, pastor Nigrinus with two of his associates edited the Opitz poems published by Huenefeld.
