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Urbain Grandier
Urbain Grandier
(1590 in
Bouère
,
Mayenne
– 18 August 1634 in
Loudun
) was a
French
Catholic
priest who was
burned at the stake
after being convicted of
witchcraft
, following the events of the so-called "
Loudun Possessions
". The circumstances of Father Grandier's trial and execution have attracted the attention of writers
Alexandre Dumas, père
,
Aldous Huxley
and the playwright
John Whiting
, composers like
Krzysztof Penderecki
and
Peter Maxwell Davies
, as well as historian
Jules Michelet
and various scholars of
European witchcraft
. Most modern commentators have concluded that Grandier was the victim of a politically motivated persecution led by the powerful
Cardinal Richelieu
.
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