Niels Hemmingsen [SEP] place of death
Niels Hemmingsen
Niels Hemmingsen (Nicolaus Hemmingius) (1513 in Taagerup – 1600 in Roskilde) was a Danish Lutheran theologian. He studied at the University of Wittenberg 1537 to 1542 under Melanchthon. Returning to Denmark, he became a prolific author of works in Latin. In 1574 he published "Syntagma institutionum christianarum", but was obliged to retract it in 1576 following pressure from Augustus I of Saxony to suppress Crypto-Calvinism.
In 1575 he published "Admonito de superstitionibus magicus vitandis", a warning against practicing witchcraft
a precedent set in Denmark. In particular, the Dane, Niels Hemmingsen had recently published "Syntagma institutionum christianarum" which offered a Calvinist interpretation of the Eucharist. King Frederick responded by organising a hearing in Copenhagen Castle on 15 June. Despite resolute interrogation by Jørgen Rosenkrantz, Hemmingsen was defended by Peder Oxe. However, after Oxe's death in October and a further recommendation from Augustus I, Dybvad was appointed professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen. However Frederick II secured a retraction from Hemmingsen and forbade further discussion of