Louis Defré Explained

Louis Defré (1816–1880), was a burgomaster mayor of Uccle, Belgium, from 1864 to 1872, and deputy

Biography

Louis Defré, was raised in a rigid catholic family and environment,[1] and he studied at the new founded Catholic University of Leuven.

He became in 1839 lawyer, and a member of the House of Representatives.[2]

Under the pseudonym of Maurice Voituron or Joseph Boniface he wrote pamphlets against the clericalism, the Catholic intolerance[3] and the power of the Church in Belgium.[4]

In his honor, his name was given to an avenue of Uccle, the "".

Publications

Publications under the pseudonym of Maurice Voituron

Publications under the pseudonym Joseph Boniface

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Pol Delfosse, Dictionnaire historique de la laïcité belge.
  2. Jean-Luc De Paepe and Christiane Raindorf-Gérard, Le Parlement belge, 1831-1894. Données biographiques, Brussels, 1996.
  3. Under the name of Joseph Boniface : L'intolérance catholique et les lettres pastorales, Brussels, 1857.
  4. Pol Delfosse, Dictionnaire historique de la laïcité belge, p. 86 : « Il a publié de nombreux pamphlets politiques qui connurent un grand success et dans lesquels il mettait en cause le pouvoir de l'Église ».