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(Alberus; ca. 1500–53). B. in the Wetterau (district or tract watered by the Wetter, tributary of the Main), Ger.; educ. Mainz and Wittenberg; Schoolmaster at Büdingen, Ursel, and Eisenach; pastor at various places; gen. supt. Mecklenburg; hymnist. Hymns include “Nun freut euch, Gottes Kinder all'”; “Gott hat das Evangelium gegeben”; “Christ, der du bist der helle Tag” (tr. from Lat.).