How to Pronounce Paul-Henri Marron
#50
Most Popular
Boost
Apr 20, 1754 Leiden, County of Holland, Netherlands Died on 31 Jul 1832 (aged 78)
French pastor
TaurusPaul Henri Marron - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Paul Henri Marron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Paul Henri Marron
- Paul-Henri Marron was the first Reformed pastor in Paris following the French Revolution.
- Born in the Netherlands to a Huguenot family, Marron first came to Paris as the chaplain of the Dutch embassy.
- Protestants in France had been prohibited from worshipping openly since the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
- The Edict of Tolerance in 1787 gave non-Catholics the right to openly practice their religion.
- Marron was recruited to lead the newly tolerated Protestant community of Paris, a task he accomplished through the French Revolution, several imprisonments, the Napoleonic Wars, the Bourbon Restoration and into the July Monarchy.
