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URBAN GRANDIER (1590–1634.)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 349 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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URBAN See also:GRANDIER (1590–1634.) , See also:priest of the See also:church of Sainte Croix at See also:Loudun in the See also:department of See also:Vienne, See also:France, was accused of See also:witchcraft in 1632 by some hysterical novices of the Carmelite See also:Convent, where the trial, protracted for two years, was held . See also:Grandier was found guilty and burnt alive at Loudun on the 18th of See also:August 1634 .

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