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Acidalius is the son of a pastor working in Wittstock. He studied at the universities of Rostock, Greifswald and Helmstedt. Already in his early youth his Latin poems caused a stir. In 1590 he accompanied his friend Daniel Bucretius (Daniel Rindfleisch) to Italy where he published his first literary work, an edition of Velleius Paterculus. Acidalius studied philosophy and medicine in Bologna and was awarded the doctor's degree in both disciplines.

He was however not attracted by the practical work as a medic and therefore concentrated on the critic of the classic works. He returned to Germany in 1593 after several fever attacks where he moved to Breslau, the home town of his friend Bucretius. In spring 1595, he followed an invitation of his friend and furtherer, the episcopal chancellor Wacker von Wackenfels to Neisse. There he died to a fever at the age of only 28 years.

1 Publications

• Velleius Paterculus, 1590, Paduatempera, Two Christians before the Judges hangs in the city's cathedral. The city of Padua (Lat. Patavium It. Padova is the economic and communications hub of the Veneto region in northern Italy. The capital of Padova province, it stands on the Bacchiglio
• Animadversiones in Curtium, 1594, FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth largest city of Germany. Situated on the Main river, it has a population of approximately 650,000 (but about 2 million in its metropolitan a

posthumously:

• a collection of poems, elegies, odes and epigramms, 1603, Liegnitz
• Centuria prima epistolarum, 1606, Hannover
• Divinationes et interpretationes in comoedias Plauti, 1607, Frankfurt, 566 pages
• Notae in Taciti opera, 1607, Hannover
• Notae in Panegyricos veteres, 1607, HeidelbergHeidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. As of 2002, there are 140,000 people living on the city's 109 km2. Heidelberg Castle, Heiliggeist Church and the Old Bridge Heidelberg lies on the river Neckar a

disputed:

• Disputatio nova contra mulieres, qua probatur eas homines non esse, 1595, probably printed in ZerbstZerbst is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. When it was founded is not clear, however, it has been mentioned as early as 949., 11 sheets 4°. A tract which caused much annoyance among the theologians of the time because of its blasphemic precepts. His attackers overlooked that the tract was intended as a parody on the SocinianSocinianism summarises the beliefs of the Socinians, followers of Laelius Socinus (died 1562 in Zurich) and of his nephew Faustus Socinus (died 1604 in Poland). The Socinians congregated especially in the Transylvania, in Poland (see Polish brethren) and methods of disproving the godhood of the Christ. During his lifetime, Acidalius denied to have written these papers. It is believed that while Acidalius did not write the tract, he has nevertheless been spinning off for the writing. The actual author remains anonymous then.