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Jean-Baptiste Willermoz
10 Jul 1730 - 5 May 1824

Jean-Baptiste Willermoz became a freemason in 1750, when he was 20 in a lodge which operated under the auspices of the Strict Observance. In 1752 he became the Worshipful Master of his lodge and in 1753 he started a new lodge, "La Parfaite Amitié", that joined the Mother Lodge of Lyon in 1756. He was Provincial Grandmaster from 1762 tot 1763 and afterwards Keeper of the Seals and Archivist.

He was initiated into the Elus-Cohen in 1767, eventually attaining the highest degree of the Order, and being named by de Pasqually as a "Superior Judge," one of its most senior officers.

Concerned about dissent in the order after the death of de Pasqually, Willermoz in 1778, together with two other Superior Judges, formulated the idea of creating two additional degrees for the Auvergne Province of the Strict Observance, which exemplified the philosophy, though not the theurgic practices, of the Elus Cohens. The name of the rite was changed to Chevaliers Beneficient de la Cité-Sainte (CBCS). His work was interupted by the French Revolution, but in 1806 the C.B.C.S. continued it's work in France.

Today the CBCS, or "Scottish Rectified Rite" (Régime Ecossais Rectifié) has "grand priories" throughout the world: Switzerland, U.S.A., France, England, Germany, and Belgium.

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Freemason Collection, the largest Masonic Collection on the web
FreemasonCollection offers the largest masonic art collection on the web. The result of many years of research. You will find here many different works but always in connection with Masonry, operative or speculative. If you are a Freemason or a masonic art connoisseur, you will surely enjoy a lot only by visiting our web site.
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