Jean Bricaud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Bricaud

French gnostic

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1881

Place of Birth: Neuville-sur-Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1934

Profession: priest, freemason, martinist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jean (or Joanny) Bricaud (February 11, 1881, Neuville-sur-Ain, Ain – February 24, 1934), also known as Tau Jean II, was a French student of the occult and esoteric matters.
Bricaud was heavily involved in the French neo-Gnostic movement.
He was consecrated a Gnostic bishop on July 21, 1913 by bishop Louis-Marie-François Giraud.
He was the Patriarch of the Église Gnostique Universelle (French for "Universal Gnostic Church") and a central figure in the various lines of the apostolic succession of subsequent Gnostic churches, as well as a spiritual heir of Jules Doinel (Valentinus II).
From 1916 he was head of the Ordre Martiniste.
He was a friend of the occultists Papus and August Vandekerkhove.