Stegmann Peter, who was another brother of Joachim Stegmann, studied Medicine under the celebrated Daniel Sennert, at Wittenberg. He also attended Theological lectures, and was ordained as a Chaplain to the Swedish army at Riga ; after which, in 1630, he sustained the ministerial office at Marienburg, in West Prussia. He preached his farewell sermon to his congregation in that town, from 1 Cor. iii. 11—15, January 20^th, 1633 ; and it was printed in the course of the same year. After some time, he went into Poland, and was appointed an Elder among the Unitarians ; but he finally settled, as a medical practitioner, at Zehdenick, near Ruppin, in Brandenburg, and was living as late as the year 1665.

El. Sigism. Reinhart, who was his countryman and contemporary, says, that he believed in the Spirit of the Universe, and was deeply skilled in Chemistry and Alchymy. It is stated also, in the manuscript Synodical Acts, that he was admitted as a Minister at the Synod of Kissielin, in 1640, under the name of Peter Tribander; and his son was taken into the number of alumni, at the Assembly of Siedliski, in 1644, and distinguished himself above all his fellow-students by his diligence and good conduct.

Peter Stegmann published

1. A Farewell Sermon, from 1 Cor. iii. 11—15; 1633, 4to.; and

2. A Poem, dedicated to a certain Heroine, which was printed by Rungius at Berlin, in 1660.

Un poème dédicacé à une certaine heroïne, qui fut imprimé pr Rungius à Berlin, en 1660.

Some have also attributed to him a work bearing the following title. Kurze und einfaltige Untersuchung, obund warumb die Reformirte Evangelische Kirche, die also genannte Socinianer mit gutem Gewissen dulden, oder auch in ihre Gemeinschaft aufnehmen konne und solle. Those, who claim this as the production of Peter Stegmann, assign the year 1660, as the date of its composition: but Bock (H. A. T. I. P. i. p. 194) supposes Samuel Crellius to have been the author of it, and accordingly gives it a place among the works of that writer. 

(Vidend. Bock, Hist . Ant. T. I. pp. 194. 965, 966. Ruari, Epp. Cent. ii. N. 45.)

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