Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne
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Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne (14 November 1743 – 5 December 1793) was a French revolutionary.
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| Born | 14 November 1743 Nîmes |
| Died | 5 December 1793 Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Religion | Calvinism |
[edit] Biography
Rabaut de Saint-Étienne was born at Nîmes, Gard, the son of Paul Rabaut, the additional surname of Saint-Étienne taken from a small property near Nîmes.
Like his father, he became a Calvinist pastor, and distinguished himself with his zeal for his co-religionists, working energetically to obtain the recognition of the civil rights which had been granted to them by Louis XVI in 1788. Having gained a reputation with his Histoire primitive de la Grèce, he was elected deputy to the States General in 1789 by the third estate of the bailliage of Nîmes.
In the Constituent Assembly, Rabaut de Saint-Étienne worked on the framing of the constitution; he spoke against the establishment of the Republic, which he considered ridiculous; and voted for the suspensive veto, as likely to strengthen the position of the Crown. In the Convention, he sat among the Girondists, opposed the trial of Louis XVI, was a member of the Commission of Twelve, and was proscribed with his party.
He remained in hiding for some time, but he was ultimately discovered and guillotined in December 1793.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
