Joseph-Antoine Boullan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French satanist
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Place of Birth: Saint-Porquier, Occitania, France
About Joseph-Antoine Boullan
- Abbé Joseph-Antoine Boullan (Saint-Porquier, Tarn-et-Garonne, 18 February 1824 – 4 January 1893, Lyon) was a French Roman Catholic priest who was later laicized, and was 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.Boullan is mentioned in The Prague Cemetery, the novel by Umberto Eco.
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