Jean-Baptiste Lafon
Jean-Baptiste Lafon (* 1766 ; † 1836 ) was a French clergyman.
Lafon was one of the most dedicated agents of the counter-revolution in France and most likely a member of the secret society Chevaliers de la Foi . He participated in the dissemination of the excommunication bull of Pope Pius VII against Napoleon in 1809 and in the protests against the occupation of the papal territories in the same year. Due to these activities he was arrested by the imperial police. During his imprisonment he met General Claude-François de Malet . On October 23, 1812, together with Malet and three other people, he tried to overthrow Napoleon by means of a coup , which failed, however. Besides Abbé Cajamano, he was the only one who managed to escape, which enabled him to publish the Histoire de la conspiration de Malet in 1814 . Besides Malet, he was the only one to be remembered with the 1812 conspiracy.
literature
- Jean Tulard : Lafon . In: Dictionnaire Napoléon . Paris: Fayard, 1987; ISBN 2-213-02035-3 ; P. 1019.
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean Tulard: Lafon, in: Dictionnaire Napoléon, Paris 1987, p. 1019.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lafon, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman and conspirator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1766 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1836 |