Jean-Baptiste Pierre Saurine

Jean-Baptiste Pierre Saurine is an ecclesiastic and a French politician, born the March 10th 1733 with Eysus (Yrénées-Atlantiques) and deceased the May 8th 1813 with Strasbourg (the Low-Rhine).

Biography

Jean-Baptiste Pierre known as Jean-Pierre Saurine , was ordered priest by Mgr of Révol, vicar of Sainte-Marie d' Oloron. He became then cleaned of Eysus.

Favorable to the novel ideas, he was elected appointed clergy with the General states the June 19th 1789. Active member of the Club of the Jacobins, it took a great part with the discussions on the civil Constitution of the clergy. He lent the ecclesiastical oath and was elected the February 16th 1791, bishop constitutional of Dax (Landes). A brief of the pope of the April 13rd 1791 declared this election null and the dedication sacrilege.

The September 6th 1792, Saurine was elected appointed Moors with the national Convention where it belonged to the moderate ones. He voted against the death of Louis XVI, informant: “I did not vote like a judge. My principals did not send me for a criminal judgment, because, at the time of the electoral assemblies, it was question only of one constitutional forfeiture. I vote for the measurement of general security, for the detention of Louis and his family until peace. This measurement appears the only useful one, the only suitable one with the interests of the people and the circumstances. ”

Its adhesion with the party of the Girondins made it include/understand among the 73 deputies excluded from the assembly. Imprisoned until September 1794, it was reinstated in Convention the 18 frimaire year III and joined measurements of rigor against the Jacobins.

He was re-elected appointed Moors with the Conseil of the Five hundred, the 23 vendémiaire year IV.

Near to the abbot Gregoire, Saurine was one of the most active defenders of the constitutional Church against the ultramontanes.

It took part in the national councils of 1797 and 1801. In 1802, it was named bishop of Strasbourg and remained it until its death, in 1813. He was shown of partiality in favor of sworn in the administration of his diocese and had to be explained some to Paris, where he could reconcile the favor of Napoleon.

As a member of the Company of Christian philosophy, it was one of the writers of the Annales of the religion , which were often written in its residence, street Pierre-Sarrazin with Paris.

Sources

Bernard Plongeron, the Gregoire abbot and the Republic of the scientists , editions of the CTHS, 2001.
Dictionary of the French members of Parliament (1789-1889) .

See too

constitutional Church

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