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French Huguenot Church in Charleston, South Carolina. In the early years, many Huguenots also settled in the area of present-day Charleston, South Carolina. In 1685, Rev. Elie Prioleau from the town of Pons in France, was among the first to settle there. He became pastor of the first Huguenot church in North America in that city.
The members of the Protestant religion in France, the Huguenots, had been granted substantial religious, political and military freedom by Henry IV in his Edict of Nantes. Later, following renewed warfare, they were stripped of their political and military privileges by Louis XIII, but retained their religious freedoms.
The Huguenot Church, also called the French Huguenot Church or the French Protestant Church, is a Gothic Revival church located at 136 Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina. Built in 1844 and designed by architect Edward Brickell White , it is the oldest Gothic Revival church in South Carolina, and has been designated a National Historic ...
In France, Huguenot opposition to the crown was seriously weakened by the deaths of many of the leaders. Many Huguenots emigrated to Protestant countries. Others reconverted to Catholicism for survival, and the remainder concentrated in a small number of cities where they formed a majority. [107] [108] [109] [110]
The Fourteen of Meaux were Huguenots tortured and burnt alive for starting the first Protestant church in France at Meaux in 1546. [1] The Musée protestant records that the first Protestant church in France following Calvin's precepts was at Meaux in 1546. It was estimated there were 400 faithful living in the area.
The Huguenots of the Reformed Church of France were followers of John Calvin, and became the major Protestant sect in France.A large portion of the population died in massacres or were deported from French territory following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
Robert Whitaker McAll (1821–1893), Scottish founder of the Popular Evangelical Mission of France, for the Parisian working class and which is still currently in existence. [323] Pierre Stouppe (1690–1760), Huguenot pastor then low church/evangelical Anglican minister, missionary to African-American slaves. [485] [486] [487]
The 1562 Riots of Toulouse are a series of events (occurring largely in the span of a week) that pitted members of the Reformed Church of France (often called Huguenots) against members of the Roman Catholic Church in violent clashes that ended with the deaths of between 3,000 and 5,000 citizens of the French city of Toulouse.