Eugène Vintras (Pierre-Michel-Élie)
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| Eugène Vintras | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 April 1807 Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, First French Empire |
| Died | 7 December 1875 (68) Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, French Third Republic |
Pierre-Michel-Eugène Vintras (April 7, 1807 - December 7, 1875), also known as Pierre-Michel-Élie, was the French sectarian founder and leader of the Oeuvre de la Miséricorde ("Work of Mercy"). From November 1839 to the end of his life, Vintras avowed himself to be a prophet and the reincarnation of the prophet Elijah who had received revelations from Saint Joseph, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus Christ, including that the Church existed under a new dispensation through the reign of the Holy Spirit, and promoted various doctrines, including such things as free love, that were denounced by the Roman Catholic Church.
Reading
in French
- Bouix, l'Abbe (1849), L'Oeuvre de la Miséricorde ou La Nouvelle Secte Dévoilée, Paris: Librairie d'Adrien Le Clere et Cie., https://books.google.com/books?id=oz9gh9FmRrYC — from the perspective of a Jesuit canon lawyer
- Jacob, Alexandre André (1860), "Pierre-Michel Vintras", La France Mystique, Tableau des Excentricités Religieuses de Ce Temps, Amsterdam: R. C. Meijer, p. 163-183, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.50204494&view=1up&seq=195
- Garçon, Maurice (1928), Vintras, Hérésiarque et Prophète, Paris: E. Nourry