Paul Rabaut was a French pastor of the Huguenot "Church of the Desert". He was born at Bédarieux, near Montpellier. In 1738 he was admitted as a preacher by the synod of Languedoc, and in 1740 he went to Lausanne to complete his studies in the seminary founded by Antoine Court. In 1741 Rabaut was placed at the head of the church of Nîmes, and in 1744 he was vice-president of the general synod. During the persecution of 1745-1752, he was forced into hiding. Wikipedia
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