Background
He was born in Merseburg, son of Caspar Cruciger the Younger.
He was born in Merseburg, son of Caspar Cruciger the Younger.
Cruciger taught theology at Marburg. He was one of the representatives of Hesse-Kassel at the Synod of Dort 1618-1619
In 1624 he was dismissed from Marburg, with the other theologians Johannes Crocius and Caspar Sturm, as a result of religious changes in Hesse.