Montbozon

Montbozon was a fortified town on the Ognon in the county of Burgundy. Bridges crossed the river's two branches before the town, and a castle stood above the settlement. In the seventeenth century plague repeatedly struck the region; a solemn annual Mass was established at Montbozon in honour of the relics of Saint Sebastian. The lordship belonged in part to the king and in part to the Jesuits during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, while a Dominican convent remained in the town until the Revolution.