Joséphin Péladan
（重定向自Peladan）
![Photograph of Péladan (right) and the Romanian writer Alexandru Bogdan-Piteşti, during a visit to Bucharest](/Images/godic/202502/01/Bogdan-Pitesti_and_Peladan4938.jpg")
![Promotional poster for the Salon de la Rose + Croix.](/Images/godic/202502/01/Salon_de_la_Rose+Croix4939.jpg")
![Portrait of Péladan by Marcellin Desboutin (1891)](/Images/godic/202502/01/Marcellin_Desboutin_-_Portrait_du_Sâr_Mérodack_Joséphin_Péladan4939.jpg")
Joséphin Péladan (28 March 1858 in Lyon – 27 June 1918 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French novelist and Martinist. His father was a journalist who had written on prophecies, and professed a philosophic-occult Catholicism. He established the Salon de la Rose + Croix for painters, writers, and musicians sharing his artistic ideals, the Symbolists in particular.