Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Knowns as Bartholomaeus Nigrinus , Bartholomaeus Schwartz (1595 - 1646) was pastor of the St. Peter and Paul church in the Hanseatic League city state Danzig. The famous poet Martin Opitz, a friend, lodged at pastor Nigrinus' place , while visiting Danzig. Both Opitz and Nigrinus sent recommendation letters along with a Robert Fludd. Fludd was connected to the Rosicrucian movement and the Danzig edition of the Rosicrucian Manifestos was printed by the Danzig printer Andreas Huenefeld(t) (Hunsfeldus) (1609 - 1652). Comenius of Bohemia and the pastor Nigrinus had worked in nearby Elbing on a Bohemia pansophie. After the poet Opitz died, pastor Negrinus with two associates edited the Opitz poems for publishing by Huenefeld. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.