Paul-Henri Marron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul-Henri Marron

French pastor

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1754

Place of Birth: Leiden, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 31-Jul-1832

Profession: pastor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Paul-Henri Marron was the first Reformed pastor in Paris following the French Revolution.
Born in the Netherlands to a Huguenot family, Marron first came to Paris as the chaplain of the Dutch embassy.
Protestants in France had been prohibited from worshipping openly since the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
The Edict of Tolerance in 1787 gave non-Catholics the right to openly practice their religion.
Marron was recruited to lead the newly tolerated Protestant community of Paris, a task he accomplished through the French Revolution, several imprisonments, the Napoleonic Wars, the Bourbon Restoration and into the July Monarchy.