Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre

Charles-Irénée Castel, abbé de Saint-Pierre (February 18, 1658 - April 29, 1743), French writer, was born at the château de Saint-Pierre-Église near Cherbourg. He was an influential writer and radical. He was perhaps the first to propose an international organisation responsible for maintaining peace.

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• This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica.