ALLUT, JEAN. - One of the Calvinist rebels of the Cévennes known as Camisards, who distinguished themselves in the 18th century for their apocalyptic fervor. The A. was properly called Elie Marion and earned the nickname Eclaireur [Scout] for his strange writings, in which the idea of divine light destined to dispel the darkness of humanity predominates. The A. fought in the Cévennes
