HELMICHIUS, WERNER: Dutch theologian; b. at Utrecht 1551; d. at Amsterdam Aug. 29, 1808. In 1578 he was pastor at Utrecht, and as an adherent of the oonsistorial party came into conflict with the advocates of more liberal tendencies, led by Hubert Duifhuis, displaying, however, a spirit of mildness and moderation that gained him the esteem of his opponents. In 1581 he delivered the first Protestant sermon in the Utrecht cathedral, and organized the Walloon community in that city. With the fall of the consistorial party Hehinichius was removed from his post; he went as pastor to Delft, and, after repeatedly declining a call to the University of Leyden, became preacher to the Amsterdam community in 1602. Upon the death of Philips van Marnix (q.v.) in 1598, the work of completing the translation of the Bible which the latter left uncompleted was entrusted to Helmichius, who, however, also left the work unfinished. Of his works, which were published posthumously, the most important is Psalmorum Davidis et aliorum prophetarum analysis (Amsterdam, 1621).

(G. Kawerau.)

Bibliography: Wernerus Helmichius, Utrecht, 1895.

HELMOLD : Preacher of Bosow, a village on the Plan Lake in Holstein; b. in Holstein; d. after 1177. He was a younger friend of Vicelin (q.v.), and at the instigation of Gerhard, the first bishop of Lubeck, wrote a chronicle of the Wends, with the intention of showing " how Christianity and the German rule (through colonists from Westphalia and Holland) had gained a firm footing among the Wends, espe cially in Wagria." The chronicle treats chiefly of Henry the Lion and the new bishopric of Oldenburg Ldbeck, and is written in comparatively good Latin, but is quite unreliable. It extends to 1171, but was not concluded until after 1172. The last trace of Helmold is found in the list of witnesses to the deed of foundation of the monastery of St. John in Lilbeck, 1177.

(Wilhelm Altmann.)

Bibliography: Helmold's Chronica Slawrum, ed. J. M. Lsppenberg, in in MOB, Script., xu (1869); 1-99, and by W. Wattenbaeh in Geschichtsechreibsr der deutschen vorwit, 12th year, vol. vii., 1888. Consult: P. Regel, HeLmold und seine Quedlen. Jena, 1883; 0. Volkel, Die Slavenchronik Helmolde, Wattenbach, DGQ, ii (1894), 338 sqq.; Potthast, Wepweiser, i. G76-577.