Joseph-Antoine Boullan
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Abbé Joseph-Antoine Boullan (Saint-Porquier
, Tarn-et-Garonne
, 18 February 1824-Lyon
, 4 January 1893) was a French Roman Catholic priest and later a laicized priest, who is often accused of being a satanist although he continued to defend his status as a christian.
He was a friend and inspiration of the writer Joris Karl Huysmans. Huysmans with Henri Antoine Jules-Bois supported Boullan in a celebrated occultist feud with the Marquis Stanislas de Guaita.
Saint-Porquier
Saint-Porquier is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.-References:*...
, Tarn-et-Garonne
Tarn-et-Garonne
Tarn-et-Garonne is a French department in the southwest of France. It is traversed by the Rivers Tarn and Garonne, from which it takes its name.-History:...
, 18 February 1824-Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, 4 January 1893) was a French Roman Catholic priest and later a laicized priest, who is often accused of being a satanist although he continued to defend his status as a christian.
He was a friend and inspiration of the writer Joris Karl Huysmans. Huysmans with Henri Antoine Jules-Bois supported Boullan in a celebrated occultist feud with the Marquis Stanislas de Guaita.