Pierre Péquignat

Pierre Péquignat (1669 - 1740) was the clerk of the people ajoulot designated to transmit the recriminations of the population near the Prince-bishop Jean-Conrad de Reinach. It took then the head of the revolted peasants, which was worth to him to be condemned to death, with two other companions in misfortune, Lion and Riat. They were decapitated in front of the town hall of Porrentruy, then quartered, and their bodies exposed to the four corners of the city. Become martyr and popular hero, Pierre Péquignat inspired in particular the popular song " Petignat". The Jurassic historian Auguste Quiquerez devoted a book to him to the 19th century, " History of the disorders in Evêché de Bâle". The austere dungeon and Spartan of Pierre Péquignat are always visible with the Castle of Porrentruy.

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