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Jean Calas
Jean Calas
(1698 – March 10, 1762) was a merchant living in
Toulouse
,
France
, who was the victim of a biased
trial
due to his being a
Protestant
in an officially
Roman Catholic
society. 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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