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Jean-François de la Barre

French icon for the victims of intolerance (1745-1766) · France · Died at 20

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François-Jean Lefebvre de la Barre was a French nobleman. He was tortured and beheaded before his body was burnt on a pyre along with Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary nailed to his torso.

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François-Jean Lefebvre de la Barre was a French nobleman. He was tortured and beheaded before his body was burnt on a pyre along with Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary nailed to his torso. La Barre is often said to have been executed for not saluting a Catholic religious procession, though other charges of a similar nature were laid against him.

Country
France
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1745 to 1766 · aged 20

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