Calas

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Calas is a French surname most notably associated with Jean Calas, whose controversial 18th-century trial and execution became a landmark case in the fight against religious intolerance.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Calas canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French-language surname ⓘ
human ⓘ
legal case ⓘ
miscarriage of justice ⓘ
surname ⓘ
advocatedFor rehabilitation of Jean Calas ⓘ
associatedConcept religious intolerance ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
associatedCountry France ⓘ
associatedEvent Calas affair ⓘ
associatedPlace Toulouse ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1698 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1762-03-10 ⓘ
familyName Calas ⓘ
givenName Jean ⓘ
hasAdvocate Voltaire ⓘ
hasInfluenced campaigns for religious tolerance ⓘ
hasParticipant Jean Calas ⓘ
involvedReligion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Protestantism ⓘ
languageOfOrigin French ⓘ
location France ⓘ
Toulouse ⓘ
mainSubject anti-Protestant persecution ⓘ
religious intolerance ⓘ
mannerOfDeath judicial execution ⓘ
methodOfExecution breaking on the wheel ⓘ
notableBearer Jean Calas ⓘ
notableFor Calas affair ⓘ
occupation merchant ⓘ
placeOfBirth France ⓘ
Lacabarède ⓘ
Tarn ⓘ
placeOfDeath France ⓘ
Toulouse ⓘ
pointInTime 1761 ⓘ
1762 ⓘ
posthumouslyClearedOf murder of his son ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
religiousIdentity Huguenot ⓘ
result posthumous exoneration of Jean Calas ⓘ
strengthening of movement for religious tolerance in France ⓘ
roleIn Calas affair ⓘ
usedAs family name ⓘ
wroteAbout Calas affair ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jean Calas → familyName → Calas ⓘ
Jean Calas → familyName → Calas ⓘ
subject linked to: Calas
Pierre Calas → familyName → Calas ⓘ