Jean Flory

John Flory (born in 1886 in Lure, Haute-Saône died on 9 May 1949 in Montbéliard) was a French Catholic priest, teacher and resistant. He was archpriest of the Cathedral of Montbéliard. He was a seminarist in Delle and studied theology in Besançon. He was awarded the title "Righteous Among the Nations"Chrétiens et Juifs sous Vichy, 1940-1944 : sauvetage et désobéissance civile, Limore Yagil, Le Cerf editions, Paris 2005, p. 601 + next pages (ISBN 9782204075855) and was buried in Thann.
==Legacy==
* He was awarded "Righteous Among the Nations"
* In Montbéliard, the front of the cathedral is named after him
* In Thann, a street is named after him
==Bibliography==
* L'Enfant du rire, preface by André Malraux, Grasset, Paris 1973. Reed. 1991, 204 p. (ISBN 9782246003526)
* Chrétiens et Juifs sous Vichy, 1940-1944 : sauvetage et désobéissance civile, Limore Yagil, Le Cerf ed., Paris, 2005, p. 601 and foll. (ISBN 9782204075855)
* L'abbé Flory (1886-1949), documents and testimonies gathered by Joseph Ball, 337 p., Besançon, 1978
* Témoins de l'Évangile : quinze siècles d’écrits spirituels d'auteurs comtois, Jean Thiébaud, preface by Lucien Daloz, L'Harmattan ed., 1999, 390 p. (ISBN 9782738486004)
==References==
Category:1886 births
Category:1949 deaths
Category:People from Haute-Saône
Category:Catholic priests
Category:Catholic Righteous Among the Nations
Category:Roman Catholic theologians
Category:French priests
Category:French Resistance members
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