Urbain Grandier
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Urbain Grandier 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". Most modern commentators have
Grandier in 1627
Église Sainte-Croix de Loudun
Cardinal de Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne (1642)
Pact in Backwards Latin
Jeanne des Anges
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Jeanne des Anges, also known as Jeanne de Belcier, was a French Ursuline nun in Loudun, France. She became mother superior of the convent at a young age, but is chiefly remembered as a central figure
Urbain Grandier
…of Loudun, argued that the accusations began after Grandier refused to become spiritual director of the convent, unaware that the Mother Superior, Jeanne des Anges, had become obsessed with him after having seen him from afar and heard of his sexual exploits. According to Huxley, Mother Jeanne, enraged by his…
Portrait of Sister Marie Ieanne des Anges, Ursuline, died on the 29th. Ianvier 1665.