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Jean Calas

Jean Calas

Jean Calas was a merchant living in Toulouse, France, who was tried, 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... Wikipedia
Born: March 19, 1698, France
Died: March 10, 1762 (age 63 years), Toulouse, France