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Jean Calas

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French protestant martyr (1698-1762)

FranceBusiness ProfessionalsLived 1698 to 1762 · aged 63
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Jean Calas was a merchant living in Toulouse, Languedoc, France, who was tried, judicially tortured, and executed for the murder of his son, despite his protestations of innocence. Calas was a Protestant in an officially Catholic society.

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Jean Calas was a merchant living in Toulouse, Languedoc, France, who was tried, judicially tortured, and executed for the murder of his son, despite his protestations of innocence. Calas was a Protestant in an officially Catholic society. Doubts about his guilt were raised by opponents of the Catholic Church and he was exonerated in 1764. In France, he became a symbolic victim of religious intolerance, along with François-Jean de la Barre and Pierre-Paul Sirven.

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France
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Business Professionals
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Business Professional
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deceased
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Lived 1698 to 1762 · aged 63
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