Antoine Banassat
Antoine Banassat (born May 20, 1729 in Guéret , † August 18, 1794 in Rochefort ) was a French clergyman, member of parliament and martyr . He was beatified in 1995.
Life
Banassat was a priest of the Diocese of Limoges and pastor of the parish of Saint-Fiel in the Creuse department . Elected on March 21, 1789 for the Sénéchaussée Guéret as a member of the clergy in the General Estates of 1789 , he belonged to this or the resulting National Assembly until September 30, 1791, but hardly made a difference.
After returning from Paris to his home department Creuse, he was arrested after denouncing during the reign of terror and deported to Rochefort. There he died as a result of poor treatment on board the prison ship Deux-Associés and was buried in a mass grave on the Île Madame .
Pope John Paul II beatified him on October 1, 1995 with the Rochefort Martyrs Group . A street in Saint-Fiel is named after him. His feast day is August 18th.
literature
- Dictionnaire des parlementaires français : comprenant tous les membres des assemblées françaises et tous les ministres français depuis le ler may 1789 jusqu'au ler may 1889, avec leurs noms, état civil, états de services, actes politiques, votes parlementaires, etc. / publiées sous la direction de Adolphe Robert, Edgar Bourloton & Gaston Cougny. Paris: Bourloton, 1889–1891.
- Jean-Louis Broillard: "La déportation d'Antoine Banassat et des prêtres réfractaires creusois (1794)." In: Mémoires de la Société des sciences naturelles, archéologiques et historiques de la Creuse , vol. 45 (1995), p. 504– 510 and 46: 81-90 (1996).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Banassat, Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman, member of parliament and martyr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1729 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guéret |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1794 |
| Place of death | Rochefort |