Claude Fauchet (revolutionist)
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| Born | Claude Fauchet 3 January 1742 |
| Died | 31 October 1793 (aged 51) |
| Cause of death | guillotine |
| Known for | French bishop |
Claude Fauchet (22 September 1744 – 31 October 1793) was a French radical Red Priest and a bishop.[1]
Biography
He was born at
The philosophic tone of his sermons caused his dismissal from court in 1788 before he became a popular speaker in the Parisian sections. He was one of the leaders of the attack on the Bastille, and on 5 August 1789 he delivered an eloquent discourse by way of funeral sermon for the citizens slain on 14 July, taking as his text the words of St Paul, "Ye have been called to liberty".[2]
He blessed the
In May he became
In July he was imprisoned on the charge of supporting the federalist movement at Caen, and of complicity with Charlotte Corday, whom he had taken to see a sitting of the convention on her arrival in Paris. Of the second of these charges he was certainly innocent. [citation needed] With the Girondist deputies he was brought before the revolutionary tribunal on 30 October, and was guillotined on the following day.[2]
Despite his role in the church, earlier authors of this entry suggest he was a member of the atheistic secret society the Illuminati,[4] "whose Plan is to overturn all Government and all Religion, even natural; and who endeavour to eradicate every Idea of a Supreme Being, and distinguish Man from Beast by his Shape only."[5] However, this understanding is likely based on a misreading of Snyder's letters to George Washington, which referred to a Fauchet as Illuminati. However, when the referenced letter is read contextually with the mention of Genêt, the French Envoy to America, the discussed Fauchet is likely Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet, who actually visited the United States to arrest Genêt.
References
- ISBN 9780271064901.
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911.
- ISBN 9780271064901.
- ^ Snyder, G.W. "To George Washington from G. W. Snyder, 22 August 1798". Library of Congress.
- ^ Snyder, G.W. "To George Washington from G. W. Snyder, 22 August 1798". Library of Congress.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fauchet, Claude". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 205. This further cites:
- Mémoires . . . ou Lettres de Claude Fauchet (5th ed., 79,3)
- Notes sur Claude Fauchet (Caen, 1842)
