Loÿs Papon
Loÿs Papon was a 16th-century French playwright born in Montbrison in the Forez province.
Short biography
The son of, lieutenant general of the bailiffs of Forez, he was a devout Catholic, a canon at Notre-Dame d'Espérance of Montbrison, then abbot of Marcilly. He animated a small literary circle, sometimes in the Goutelas castle inherited from his father, sometimes at the Château de la Bastie d'Urfé.We still have a didactic poem from him, Traité des ris, an Epistre à Tres Illustre Princesse Loyse, Reyne de France, and tragedies, in particular La Pastorelle, a politico-religious spectacle which was presented on 27 February 1588 in Montbrison and is considered the first French opera.
He was the model for the druid Adamas in L'Astrée.