Joseph-Antoine Boullan Explained

Abbé Joseph-Antoine Boullan (Saint-Porquier, Tarn-et-Garonne, 18 February 1824 – 4 January 1893, Lyon) was a French Roman Catholic priest who was later laicized, and was often accused of being a Satanist although he continued to defend his status as a Christian.

He was a friend and inspiration of the writer Joris-Karl Huysmans.^{[1] [2]} Huysmans with Henri Antoine Jules-Bois supported Boullan in a celebrated occultist feud with the Marquis Stanislas de Guaita.^[3]

Boullan is mentioned in The Prague Cemetery, the novel by Umberto Eco.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joris-Karl Huysmans . Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi) . Petri . Liukkonen . Kuusankoski Public Library . Finland . https://web.archive.org/web/20070608033316/http://kirjasto.sci.fi/huysm.htm . 8 June 2007 . dead ., Robert Graham Irwin, The Lust of Knowing (2006) p. 220.
2. [Edward Lucie-Smith|Lucie-Smith, Edward.]
3. https://sabazius.oto-usa.org/docteur-gerard-anaclet-vincent-encausse/ The Invisible Basilica: Docteur Gérard Encausse
4. Web site: Alexander . Edward . The Prague Cemetery, by Umberto Eco (REVIEW) . . 5 November 2012 . 28 November 2019.
5. http://lecturederichard.over-blog.com/article-umberto-eco-raconte-le-cimetiere-de-prague-79097155.html Umberto Eco raconte "Le cimetière de Prague"