Temple Saint-Jacques de Mazamet

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The Protestant temple Saint-Jacques de Mazamet is a place of worship located on Rue Saint-Jacques in the municipality of Mazamet, in the department of Tarn. The parish is a member of the United Protestant Church of France.

Under the Old Regime: During the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation spread throughout the region, which preserves the memory of the Albige crusade against the Cathars. On 20 February 1563 a pastor, Antoine Roussel, was appointed. In 1571, the first meeting place was rue du Galinier, then in 1577 rue de la Nogarède. The temple was destroyed in 1685 by the edict of Fontainebleau revoking the edict of Nantes. The Saint-Sauveur church of Mazamet is built with the stones of the first Protestant temple. The Huguenots who could exile to the countries of the Refuge, as Jacques Garrigue (1677-1730), goldsmith, jeweller and presbyteral adviser of the Reformed French Church in Magdebourg, born in Mazamet. Others hide and celebrate their worship in secret in the Desert.

Since the French Revolution: By Article 10 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen of 1789, Protestants again obtained freedom of conscience. In 1802, Napoleon I...