Christoph Stymmelius

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Christophorus Stymmelius
Christophorus Stimmelius by Frantz Friderich
Born	Christoph Stummel 22 October 1525 Frankfurt an der Oder
Died	19 February 1588(1588-02-19) (aged 62) Stettin
Occupation(s)	Author, Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer

Christoph[orus] Stymmelius (Latinized for Christoph Stummel; October 22, 1525 in Frankfurt an der Oder – February 19, 1588 in Stettin) was a Neo-Latin dramatist, Lutheran theologian, and general superintendent of Pomerania-Stettin from 1570 to 1572. As a 19-year-old student, Stymmelius wrote Studentes, the first humanistic student comedy in world literature, thus founding a new literary genre.^[1]