Anne du Bourg

Educated at the university of Orléans, he became a professor and had Étienne de la Boétie as a student.

In 1559, after receiving a tip off, King Henry II attended a session of Parlement, during which he interjected to express his dissatisfaction at the progress against heresy.

[3] He maintained his Protestant conviction, refusing to affirm the Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

[3] Eventually on December 13 he signed an ambiguous confession of faith, avoiding execution, before renouncing it several days later, sealing his fate.

[3] He would be executed at the Place de Greve on December 23, by strangulation and then burning.