Louis Defré
Louis Defré (1816-1880), was a burgomaster mayor of Uccle, Belgium, from 1864 to 1872, and deputy
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Louis Defré, burgomaster of Uccle, lithography by Félicien Rops.
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 "Avenue De Fré".
Publications
- Influence épiscopale: Réponse à M. Prosper Cornesse, ministre de la justice par Louis de Fré, Brussels, 1871.
Publications under the pseudonym of Maurice Voituron
- Le Parti libéral joué par le Parti catholique, dans la question de l'enseignement supérieur ou Ce que coûte aux contribuables l'Université cléricale de Louvain : épitre à Mgr. De Ram, Brussels by Périchon, 1850.
Publications under the pseudonym Joseph Boniface
- De l'influence du dogme catholique sur la politique nationale, Brussels, 1855.
- L'intolérance catholique et les lettres pastorales, Brussels, 1857.
- Tiel Uylenspiegel patriote, Brussels, 1860.
- Biographie anecdotique, par un ami d'enfance, Brussels, 1881.
Bibliography
- J. Francis, Uccle et ses bourgmestres, Bruxelles, 1979, pp. 179–182.
- Pol Delfosse, Dictionnaire historique de la laïcité belge.
- Jean-Luc De Paepe and Christiane Raindorf-Gérard, Le Parlement belge, 1831-1894. Données biographiques, Brussels, 1996.
Notes
- Pol Delfosse, Dictionnaire historique de la laïcité belge.
- Jean-Luc De Paepe and Christiane Raindorf-Gérard, Le Parlement belge, 1831-1894. Données biographiques, Brussels, 1996.
- Under the name of Joseph Boniface : L'intolérance catholique et les lettres pastorales, Brussels, 1857.
- 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 ».
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