[1][2] In 1551 he was appointed cantor and music teacher at the Princely School of St Afra in Meissen, by the rector Georg Fabricius.
[1][2] Because of age and weakness, he retired in 1588, followed as cantor by Georg Schulze.
His son-in-law Friedrich Birck is thought to have stood in for him in the teaching post, moving to Grimma in 1591 where he was cantor at the Princely School of St Augustine; so it is supposed that Figulus died in that year.
[2] Figulus published masses, motets, hymns and songs, and teaching books.
[1] His works are included in famous anthologies of the 16th century, indicating that he was well known.