Apr 17, 2020
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Urbain Grandier Executed for Sorcery
On August 18, 1634, Urbain Grandier, a parish priest from St.-Pierre-du-Marché of Loudun, France, was executed for the crime of sorcery. All he was really guilty of was ignoring that pesky vow of celibacy (like so many clerics before him) and provoking the anger of the chief minister of France, Cardinal Richelieu. Issue #1(celibacy vows)would not have been a thing without Issue #2( pissing off a cardinal.)
