Jean Paul Rabaut Saint Tienne
| Jean-Paul Saint-Etienne Rabault | |
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| Birth | 14 November 1743 Nimes |
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| Deaths | 5 December 1793 (50 years) Paris |
| Nationality |  France |
| Occupation (s) | Politician |
Jean-Paul Saint-Etienne said Rabault Rabault-Saint-Etienne, born in Nimes on 14 November 1743 and guillotined in Paris on 5 December 1793 , member of the Dawn to the National Convention.
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Rabault Saint-Etienne, son of Pastor Paul Rabaut , was born in Nimes. He spent his childhood in the atmosphere of insecurity and anxiety that surrounded the families of pastors Desert.
Due to insecurity, the pastor sent his son to Rabault Lausanne board to continue his education. He studied theology.
It is devoted pastor at Lausanne on November 11 1764 He was immediately called to Nimes , where he is stationed, assistant to his father.
The emancipation of Protestants (1786-1789)
Rabault Saint-Etienne is dedicated to the key task of improving the fate of his coreligionists. To do this, he went to Paris , comes into contact with the Marquis de La Fayette , eager to end the proscription of the Protestant French. Through La Fayette , he met the minister Malesherbes , he also favored the cause Protestant. Obtain for the Protestants a legal status is a project supported by several personalities around the King Louis XVI , who write briefs to that effect. In late 1786 , Saint-tienne Rabault write one himself and tries to push for the memorial adopted is the most liberal possible.
Finally, the Edict of non-Catholics, said Edict of Toleration, is signed by King Louis XVI on November 7 1787. It is limited to marital status. While regretting its limitations, Rabault Saint-Etienne welcomes the signing of the text and says: "The recognition does not exclude hope, it authorizes."
The Revolutionary
Member of the third estate of the Seneschal of Nimes and Beaucaire to the Estates General , he took the oath of the Jeu de Paume and was appointed commissioner for conferences.
Participating in discussions of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen , he was elected president of the Constituent Assembly of 15 to 28 March 1790 and participated in drafting the constitution of 1791. He proposed several decrees on the organization of the National Guard and the Gendarmerie.
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