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5 october 1820 paris , france villeneuve-de-berg , ardèche , france counterrevolution , anti-masonry 155px '' memoirs illustrating the history of jacobinism '' 2 october 1741 augustin barruel.png augustin barruel
 augustin barruel priest , historian , theologian
augustin barruel

abbé augustin barruel -lrb- october 2 , 1741 -- october 5 , 1820 -rrb- was a french publicist and jesuit priest .
he is now mostly known for setting forth the conspiracy theory involving the bavarian illuminati and the jacobins in his book `` memoirs illustrating the history of jacobinism '' -lrb- original title `` mémoires pour servir à l'histoire du jacobinisme '' -rrb- published in 1797 .
in short , barruel wrote that the french revolution was planned and executed by the secret societies .
