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GERLE, CHRISTOPHE ANTOINE (1736c. 1801) , French, revolutionist and mystic, was born at Riom in Auvergne. Enter-, ing the Carthusian order early in life, he became prior of Laval -Dieu in Perche, and afterwards of Pont-Sainte-Marie at Moulins. Elected deputy to the states-general in 1789, Gerle became very popular, and though he had no seat in the assembly until after the Tennis Court oath, being only'deputy suppleant, he is represented in David
X1. 25he was chosen elector of Paris. In the revolutionary turmoil Gerle developed a strong vein of mysticism , mingled with ideas of reform, and in June 1790 the prophetic powers
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