Calissius Albert , in the account of the Synod of Chmielnik, held A. D. 1586, is called "Rector," at which time he probably had the management of the School at Chmielnik. At that Synod also he was admitted by baptism into the Socinian Church. It further appears, from the Synodical Acts, that he was Rector of the School of Lucla vice in 1600, and of that of Levartow in 1601. Lubieniecius calls him an eminently learned man, of whose advice and assistance the great John Zamoski availed himself, in establishing the Academy at Zamoski. He had a son, whose Christian name was Andrew ; and whom Lubieniecius describes as a learned, eloquent, pious, and peculiarly hospitable man. In the Acts of the Synod of Lublin, held in 1590, Martin Calissius, who had previously been Minister at Wielitzka, is mentioned as Minister of Wengrow ; but being deposed, he went over to the Evangelical party, and became a Minister in that connexion, at Novogrodek. Other individuals of the name of Calissius appear to have studied in the University of Konigsberg. Albert Calissius wrote

1. The Arraignment of the Jesuits by a Polish Knight. 1590, 4to. A second edition was published in the same year; and a third in the year following. Some have attributed this work to Simon Stenius ; but Andrew Zaluski expressly claims it for Albert Calissius. Four separate replies to it were published ; one of which, by the Dutch Jesuit, John Lans, was entitled, " The first Speech of a certain Polish Noble in Defence of the Jesuitical Clergy, in reply to 'the Arraignment of the Jesuits by a' pretended 'Polish Knight.'"

2. The Mirror of the Jesuits, or the Ornaments and Flowers of "The First Speech," &c. 1590, 4to. This little work is an answer to that of the Jesuit, John Lans.

3. A Speech against the Jesuits, delivered in 1591, and printed in 1592. 4to. This was in German, and Bock says, that it is not a separate work, but beyond all doubt a German translation of No. 1.

4. The School of Levartow restored. Racow, 1593, 4to. This extremely rare little volume is a series of letters, containing an account of the mode of instruction, adopted by the teachers in the School of Levartow.

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(Vidend. Sandii B.A. p. 94, 175. Bock, Hist. Ant. T.I. pp. 88-91. Lubieniecii Hist. Ref. Poln. L. Iii. C; xiii. Pp. 254, 255.)