Berbiguier’s autobiography is dense and confusing, with several characters from the same family referenced by surname only. I’ve tried to stay as close to the original material as possible, but one major editorial change: I’ve added first names, to have any hope of distinguishing the Prieur family. May I be forgiven.
Berbiguer
Alexis Charles Vincent Berbiguier (Alexis Charles Vincent Berbiguier de Terre-Neuve du Thym)
Author, demonologist, scourge of goblins, 1764-1851
Parents: Noël Berbiguier (?-1780), Marie Claire Bertrand*
Uncle: Xavier Berbiguier (?-1813) ****
Siblings: Gabrielle Berbiguier (1761-1781), Marie Anne Reine Berbiguier (1762-?) Jean Baptiste Bernard Dominique Alexis Jacques Berbiguer (1766-1772), Joseph Germain Berbiguier (1769-1780)*
Prieur
Baptiste Prieur, youngest brother, medical student. Member of the Mazarin Circle.
Etienne Prieur, middle brother, dilettante, failed priest. Member of the Mazarin Circle.
Jacques Prieur, eldest brother, pharmacist **
Charles Prieur, parent of the Prieur brothers, a doctor in Moulins **
Mrs. Prieur, wife of Charles Prieur
Avignon
Dr. Bernard: A surgeon at Sainte-Marthe d’Avignon Hospital, where M.B. was employed in his time at Avignon
Dr. Guerin: a doctor at Sainte-Marthe
Mr. Castagne: Director of Sainte-Marthe, who tries to force M.B. out of his position (V1. Ch 14.)
Mr. Bouge: Mesmerist
Mr. Nicolas: Mesmerist
Paris
Mr. Rigal: proprietor of the Mazarine hotel
The Mazarin Circle
A group of housemates and friends meeting at the Mazarin Hotel, neighbors to Berbiguier.
Papon Lomini
Philippe Pinel (1745-1826): Physician, credited as the “father of modern psychiatry.” Chief physician of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. Servant of Satan.
Adelio Moreau (1789-1861): Parisian magician. Servant of Beelzebub ***
Chaix: Actual name unknown, sues Berbiguer for slander
Romina Vandeval (1790-1872): Fortune-teller or sorceress, “that Vandeval woman” ***
Janneton la Valette: one of the two original “evil women” who curse M.B.
La Mansotte: A fortune-teller and sorceress
Marie-Anne Lenormand (1772-1843): A famous tarot reader ***
* Source: Berbiguier family tree, geneanet.org
** First name invented by translator for convenience/clarity, actual information on Prieur family welcome. – Jacob
*** Source: Massimo Introvigne, Satanism: A Social History
**** Source: Marie Mauron, Berbiguier de Carpentras
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