Background
Victorinus Strigel was born 1524 in Kaufbeuren the son of the physician Ivo Strigel.
theologian university professor
Victorinus Strigel was born 1524 in Kaufbeuren the son of the physician Ivo Strigel.
He attended the University of Freiburg in October 1542 and went to the University of Wittenberg to study philosophy and theology.
Due to the Schmalkaldic War, he fled with Melanchthon at first to Magdeburg and went to the University of Erfurt, where he also taught. From Erfurt, he was recommended to Jena, where he took part in the founding of the Gymnasium’s academicum and from 20 March gave lectures on philosophy, history, and later on Melanchthon"s Loci Communes. He then continued his academic career as a professor and rector of the University of Jena.
He supported the establishment of the university constitution.
In 1559 he was even taken into custody because of his theological views and suspended from duty. In 1562 he moved to the University of Leipzig to take a post, from there to Wittenberg, and finally to the University of Heidelberg in 1567, where he accepted the Reformed teaching of the Eucharist.