Urbain Grandier, French priest (born 1590)

Urbain Grandier

French Catholic priest convicted of witchcraft and burned at the stake in 1634

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 concluded that Grandier was the victim of a politically motivated persecution…