DUPHOT, LÉONARD. – French general, born on 21 September 1769 in Lyon, died on 28 December 1797 in Rome. Having received a sound education at the college of Jully, in 1785 he embarked upon a military career, enlisting as a simple soldier. He served in the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, and in November 1793 was promoted to brigadier general. In 1796 he was transferred to the Army of Italy. After the armistice of Leoben, Bonaparte sent him to Genoa to reorganize the troops of the Ligurian Republic. An ardent Jacobin, he was in Rome in November–December 1797 and supported the anti-papal attempts of the Roman revolutionaries. He was killed during a skirmish between the Roman republicans and the papal soldiers. D.’s death provided Bonaparte with a pretext for occupying Rome.
DUPHOT, LÉONARD
BIBL.: M. Basse, Le général L. D., Paris 1908; G. Boulot, Le général D., there 1908; A. Dufourcq, Le régime jacobin en Italie. Étude sur la République romaine (1798-99), there 1900, pp. 74-82.
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“DUPHOT, LÉONARD.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), p. 1159. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/duphot-leonard.