| Father Etienne | |
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| Character Information | |
| Starring: | Ned Dennehy |
| Season(s): | 2 |
| Episode Count: | 4 |
| First Episode: | War and Peace |
| Last Episode: | Seven Shadows |
| Names | |
| Full Name: | Étienne Guibourg |
| Biographical Information | |
| Age: | 70s |
| Born: | c. 1610 |
| Dies: | c. 1680 (in the series) January 1686 (historically) |
| Cause of Death: | Stabbed by Fabien Marchal |
| Originally From: | France |
| Religion: | |
| Physical Description | |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Gender: | Male |
| Eye Colour: | Blue |
| Hair Colour: | Grey |
| Relationships | |
| Affiliations: | Black Mass Affair of the Poisons |
Father Etienne was a French Catholic priest and occultist who was involved in the Affair of the Poisons.
He is known as a priest who takes in children of harlots under his care and is also an old friend of Madame Agathe.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Guibourg claimed to be the illegitimate son of Henri de Montmorency.
He was the sacristan of the Saint-Marcel church at Saint-Denis which was later destroyed during the French Revolution but described as being "the most beautiful of the parish churches of the town of Saint-Denis". He was formerly the chaplain to the Comte de Montgomery.
Despite his position, he is said to have kept a long-term mistress, Jeanne Chanfrain, with whom he had several children.
Season Two[]
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Guibourg performing his Black Mass with the naked body of Madame de Montespan for an altar, as depicted in The Guibourg Mass by Henry de Malvost, Paris, 1903.
Personality[]
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Historical Facts[]
- He has been variously described as a "defrocked" or "renegade" priest and is said to have also had a good knowledge of chemistry.