Antoine Court, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antoine Court

French reformer

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1696

Place of Birth: Villeneuve-de-Berg, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1760

Profession: historian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Antoine Court (27 March 1696 – 13 June 1760) was a French reformer called the "Restorer of Protestantism in France." He was born in Villeneuve-de-Berg, in Languedoc, on 27 March 1696 (although at least one writer lists a different date).
His parents were peasants, adherents of the Reformed church, which was then undergoing persecution.
When 17 years old, Court began to speak at the secret meetings of the Protestants, held literally "in dens and caves of the earth," and often in darkness, with no pastor present to teach or counsel. Antoine (sometimes translated as Anthony) was ordained by Pierre Corties at a Synod in 1718.
In his travels he met the young Paul Rabaut and encouraged him to join the ministry of the church. In 1685, Louis XIV of France had revoked the Edict of Nantes, referred to as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes or the Edict of Fontainebleau.
This caused mass exodus of Protestants.
There were those who stayed and continued to secretly practice Protestantism, called "The Church of the Desert", or "Christians of the Desert".
His followers were always hounded, persecuted, and put to death.