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The number 17 and particularly the date of 17th January appears to have a special significance in relation to Rennes-le-Château:
- 17th January 681 was the date Sigisbert IV was reputed to have arrived at Rennes-le-Château. He is the mysterious link in the Merovingian line who, as son of Dagobert II, would have been his heir and pretender to the throne of France
- 17th January 872 the lost body of Dagobert II was supposedly rediscovered
- 17th January 1329, Ste. Roseline died in Arcs, Provence
- 17th January 1601, Ste. Germaine died in Pibrac near Toulouse (at the age of 22)
- 17th January 1893 Monseigneur Billard, purchased Notre Dame de Marceille in Limoux
- 17th January 1967 Publishing date of Le Serpent Rouge
- 17th January Feast day of St. Sulpice
- 17th January Feast day of St. Anthony (he died 17th January 461, allegedly at the age of 105)
- 17th of January 1862, the Bishop presiding over the apparitions of Bernadette at Lourdes announced that the sightings were of divine origin
- 17th January a ray of light in the church of Rennes-le-Château passes through the stained glass window upon St. Anthony
- 17th January 1381 Nicolas Flamel allegedly produces silver out of mercury
-17th January 1377, Pope Gregory XI reached Rome after leaving Avignon on 13 September 1376, ending the Babylonian Captivity
- 17th January 1781 Marie de Negre D’Ables died at the age of 67
- the number 17 is displayed on the tombstone of Abbé Jean Vié of Rennes-les-Bains, the predecessor of Henri Boudet. Although he died on 31st August 1872, the stone displays: Mort le 1er 7bre 1872. Summarizing: 17 Jean Vié, 17 Janvier, 17th January
- 17th January 1917 Marie Dénarnaud discovered Saunière prostrate on the Belvedere after a stroke
- 17th January 1975 Archduke Rodolphe of Habsbourg visited Rennes-le-Château
- One of the fundamental documents of the French Revolution, the Declaration of the Rights of Men and of the Citizen counts 17 articles
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