Jérôme Pétion De Villeneuve
From BiblePortal Wikipedia
Revision as of 03:35, 6 October 2021 by BiblePortalWiki (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Jérôme Pétion De Villeneuve <ref name="term_78063" /> <p> Born at Chartres; figured in the French Revolution as a zealous republican, member of the Tiers État, one of...")
Jérôme Pétion De Villeneuve [1]
Born at Chartres; figured in the French Revolution as a zealous republican, member of the Tiers État, one of the commission to reconduct the royal family from Varennes; was mayor of Paris in the year of the September massacres, 1792; was first President of the Convention, and, though his influence was declining, member of the first Committee of Defence, 1793; his attack on Robespierre proving unsuccessful he committed suicide; his body was afterwards found on the Landes of Bordeaux half devoured by wolves; was surnamed the "Virtuous," as Robespierre the "Incorruptible"; was of the Girondist party; had "unalterable beliefs, not hindmost of them," says Carlyle, "belief in himself" (1783-1793).
