1798Directory Orders Deportation of Belgian Priests

November 4: Directory orders deportation of Belgian priests,...
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1798

⛪ Assembly Orders Deportation of Unsworn Priests

May 27: The Assembly orders the deportation of priests who have not signed the oath to the government, known as the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
ClergyDeportationCivil Constitution of the ClergyReligious PersecutionFrench RevolutionCounter-RevolutionOath of AllegianceChurch and StateReligious Conflict

⛪ Directory Orders Deportation of Belgian Priests

November 4: Directory orders deportation of Belgian priests, blamed for peasant uprising.
Religious PersecutionBelgiumDirectoryClergyDeportationPeasant UprisingCounter-RevolutionFrench RevolutionReligious Conflict