Netherlandish humanist. Son of Hendrik Wynkens (= Winandus) and of Gese Pigge (= Pighius). It was the latter name he finally adopted. Kampen, 1520 - Xanten, 19 October 1604. Studied at the University of Louvain. From 1548 until 1555 in Italy. On his return he became librarian and secretary to Cardinal Granvelle in Brussels (till 1571). In 1571 he accompanied Charles of Cleves to Italy, where the young prince died in February 1575. Appointed by the Duke of Cleves canon at St. Victor in Xanten, he resided in this city from 31 August 1575 until his death. Cf. Biographie Nationale [de Belgique], 17, 1903, Columns 501-509; Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, 10, 1937, Columns 733-734; J.H. Jongkees, 'Stephanus Winandus Pighius Campensis' in Mededelingen van het Nederlands Historisch Instituut te Rome, 8, 1954, pages 120-185 (fundamental study); L. Voet, 'Plantin en de kring van Granvelle. Enkele nog onuitgegeven brieven en documenten' in De Gulden Passer, 37, 1959, pages 142-169; H. de Vocht, History of the Foundation and the Rise of the Collegium Trilingue Lovaniense, 1517-1550, III, 1954, pages 309, 311, and IV, 1955, pages 123, 197-208; H. de Vocht, Stephani Vinandi Pighii epistolarium, Louvain, 1959 (Humanistica Lovaniensia, 15); J.H. Jongkees, 'De brieven van Stephanus Pighius' in Bijdragen voor de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden, 16, 1961, pages 228-243.
Edited also: Valerius Maximus (nos. 2410-2412).