GOTI1GFRE'DUS. DENYS GODEFROY, born at Paris in 1549, studied at Louvain, Cologne, and other universities, and was made councillor of the Chttolet at Paris. Being obliged to leave France on account of the persecutions against the followers of the reformed religion, which he professed, he went to Genova, where lie was made professor of law in 1580. In 1589 Henri IV. appointed him bailli, or governor, of the district of Gex, bordering ou Geneva ; but he was driven thence by the arms of the Duke of Savoy, on which occasion he lost his books and other property. In 1594 he was appointed to the chair of law at Strasbourg, and in 1604 he removed to Heidelberg, where he filled the same professorship. In 1621, being driven from Heidelberg by the war in the Palatinate, he withdrew to Strasbourg, where ho died in the following year, with the reputation of being the first jurist of his age. His edition of the Corpus Juris Civilis,' 2 vols.' fol., has often been reprinted : the note° are valuable. Among his numerous other works on law the following deserve mention :-1, 'Fontes Juris Canonic: ; 2, ' Praxis Civilie ex Antiquis et Recentioribus Scriptoribus f 3, Index Chronologicus Legum at Novellarum It Jus tinian° Imp. Compositarumf 4, 'Qumstiones Political ex Jure Communi
et Historia absumptas f 5, Dissertatio de Nobilitate f 6, Consuetu dines Civitatum et Provinciarum Gallim, cum Notis f 7, Statute Regni Gallise, junta Francorum et Burgundienum Consuetudinee cum Jure Commnoi collata et Commentarhe illustrate f 8, a Greek and Latin edition of the Promptuarium Juris' of Harmenopulus. He wrote also on classical literature :-9, 'Notes in Ciceronem f 10, 'Conjecturie, variro Lectiones, at Loci Communes in Seneca;' 11, Auctores Lingual Latina) in unusu redacti Corpus,' with notes; 12, Antiqu:e Historian libri sex,' being a compilation from Berosus, Manetho, Cato, and other ancient historians. He wrote likewise a controversial work on a subject of peculiar interest in his time, Maintenue et Defense dos Empereurs, Rois, Princes, Etats, et Republiques, centre les Censures, Mouitoires, et Excommunications des Papes.' His minor works, Opuscula; were published together in 1 vol. foL Sdnebier, Histeire Litteraire de GenDve; gives a catalogue of all the works of Denys Gudefroy, with a biographical notice of the writer.