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'''Charles Gabriel Dellon''' (17 December 1649, [[Agde]] – c. 1710), also known as Gabriel Dellon, was a 17th-century French physician and writer, mostly known for his work ''Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa'' published in 1687.<ref>[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57889g ''Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa'']</ref><br />
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Dellon traveled widely during his life. Aged 17, he embarked in [[Port-Louis, Morbihan|Port-Louis]] ([[Morbihan]]) as second surgeon on board the ship ''La Force''. He landed in [[Daman, Daman and Diu|Daman]], [[Portuguese India]], in 1673 and had serious problems with the [[Portuguese Inquisition]]. Back in France, he completed his studies and entered the service of [[Prince de Conti]]. He later married the daughter of a wealthy butcher and settled in Paris, where he died around 1710.<br />
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The work for which he is known, ''Relation de l'lnquisition de Goa'', published for the first time in 1687 in [[Leiden]] and in 1688 in Paris, was a great success, immediately translated into German, English and Dutch and reedited several times during the 18th century.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} In this book, Dellon narrates his trial and incarceration by the Portuguese [[Inquisition]] in [[Goa]], Daman and later in Brazil and Lisbon, totaling 18 months. He was accused of denying the validity of baptism and having blasphemed against the adoration of a crucifix, and in addition to having criticized the Inquisition. He was [[excommunication|excommunicated]], saw all his property confiscated, and was sentenced to five years of [[Galley slave|galleys]]. This story had an enormous influence on later writers, such as [[Voltaire]], who drew inspiration in his ''[[Candide]]''.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}<br />
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Dellon also wrote [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k102749p ''Relation d'un voyage des Indes orientales''] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=T0dCAAAAcAAJ&dq=Trait%C3%A9+des+maladies+particuli%C3%A8res+aux+pays+orientaux&pg=PA1 ''Traité des maladies particulières aux pays orientaux''].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
''L'Inquisition de Goa. La relation de Charles Dellon (1687)''. Étude, édition & notes de Charles Amiel & Anne Lima, {{Ill|Chandeigne|fr}}, 1997.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.persee.fr/doc/hispa_0007-4640_1998_num_100_1_4967_t1_0201_0000_2 L'inquisition de Goa. La relation de Charles Dellon (1687)] on [http://www.persee.fr Persée]<br />
* [http://dadun.unav.edu/bitstream/10171/27929/1/22_Vangipurapu.pdf Charles Dellon's ''Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa'' as a Site of Conflict Between a Theocentric and an Anthropocentric World]<br />
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