Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Lescuyer (died 16 October 1791) was an administrator during the
French Revolution in
Avignon
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, which France had
annexed
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from
Papal rule.
Amid rising factional tensions, Lescuyer was eventually
lynched by supporters of the
Pope.
References
*René Moulinas, ''Histoire de la Révolution d'Avignon'', Éd. Aubanel, Avignon, 1986.
1791 deaths
Year of birth missing
People from Avignon
Executed French people
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