Polykarp Leyser the Elder, German theologian (died 1610)

Polykarp Leyser the Elder

Lutheran theologian

Polykarp (von) Leyser the Elder or Polykarp Leyser I was a Lutheran theologian, superintendent of Braunschweig, superintendent-general of the Saxon church-circle, professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg and chief court-preacher and consistorial-councillor of Saxony.