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of Christian Biography, IV. 185. Papin (pā'pin; F. pron. pä-pan'), Denis. Born at Blois, France, Aug. 22, 1647: died 1712. A French physicist, inventor of "Papin's digester." Papineau (pä-pe-no'), Louis Joseph. Born at Montreal, Oct., 1786: died Sept. 23, 1871. A French-Canadian politician. He was elected to the legislative a embly of Lower Canada in 1809; was admit ted to the bar in 1811; and was chosen speaker of the house in 1815. He was one of the leaders of the French Canadian insurrection of 1837. He escaped capture, and resided chiefly in France till 1847, when he returned under the general amnesty of 1840. He was afterward a member of the United Parliament. Papinian (pa-pin'i-an), L. Æmilius Pap in i an us. Executed by Car a call a, 212 A. D. Roman jurist, pretorian prefect under Septimius Severus. A friend of Severus and of almost the same age with him was the great jurist Æmilius Pap in i an us. Under Severus he was præfectus prætorio, but was executed soon after Car a call a's acce ion to the throne, on account of his loyalty to the other son, Geta. Papinian was remarkable not only for his juridical genius, for the independence of judgment, the lucidity and firmne , manifested in the judicial decisions on individual cases which he gave with the aid of his large experience, but also for his quick sense of right and morality, by which he frequently rose above the barriers of national prejudices, and merited the highest IMG:content-0881.png:[blocks in formation] Papiocos (pä-pē-ō kōs), or Piapocos (pē-ä-po kōs). An Indian tribe of southwestern Venezuela, on the river Guaviare near its junction with the Orinoco. They are of Arawak or May pure stock. Papirian Law (pa-pir'i-an lâ). A supposed collection of the ancient Roman Leges Regiæ , of early date, made by a certain Caius (or Sextus) Papirius. Papirius Cursor (pa-pir'i-us kėr'sôr), Lucius. A Roman consul and dictator, general in the second Samnite war. As dictator he won a victory over the Samnites in 309 в. с. Papirius Cursor, Lucius. A Roman consul and general in the third Samnite war. Pappenheim (päp'pen-him), Gottfried He in rich, Graf zu (G., 'Count at'). Born at Pappenheim, Bavaria, May 29, 1594: died at Leipsic, Nov. 17, 1632. An Imperialist general in the Thirty Years' War. He became chief of the Pappenheimer regiment in 1623; suppre ed the peasant insurrection in Upper Austria in 1626; took part in the storming of Magdeburg and in the battle of Breitenfeld in 1631; and was mortally wounded at Lützen in 1632. Pappenheimer (päp'pen-him-er) Regiment. A regiment of cuira iers in the Imperialist service in the Thirty Years' War. Pappus (pap'us). [Gr. Πάππος.] Lived about the close of the 4th century. An Alexandrian geometer. He wrote a mathematical work, the "Collection" (edited by Hultsch 1875-78). Paps of Jura (jö'rä). Three mountains in the southern part of the island of Jura, Scotland. Highest point, 2,566 feet. Papua. See New Guinea . Pap with a Hatchet. A scurrilous tract against "Martin Marprelate," published in 1589 anonymously: attributed by Gabriel Harvey to John Lyly.