a German philosopher, was born at Leiningen, Bavaria, in 1660. In 1682 he joined the Order of the Benedictines, and acted for a number of years as tutor at the Salzburg University. In 1716 he retired to his monastery in Ettal, and died there in 1726. He published, Problemata et Theoremata Philosophica (Salzburg, 1689 ) :-Questiones Philosophicce (ibid. 1692) :- Qucestiones Metaphysicce (ibid. 1695) Regula Morum seu Dictamen Conscientic (ibid. 1697):Tractatus de Jure et Justitia (ibid. 1699):-Deus Abseonditus in Sacramento Altaris (ibid. 1700):-De Sfatu Parvulorum sine Baptisno Morieitium- (ibid. eod.):Philosophia Thonistica Salisburgensis (Augsburg, 1706, 1724) :-Deus Trinus (Salzburg, 1705):— Deus Unus (ibid. 1706).:-Peccatutm Originale (ibid. 1709), etc. See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)