Around 1965 Henry Buthion (who had just bought the Villa Bethania from Noel Corbu) and his friend Jean Pellet found a piece of paper with some scribblings in Abbé’s Saunière’s, handwriting inside his personal altar in the housechapel. It was hidden there in a piece of hollow bamboo sealed with wax behind a loose tile. The little note was wrapped in a newspaper from 1907 and contained a silly poem reading:
Sot Pecheur a l’embouchure du Rhone, son poisson sur le gril deux fois retourna. Un malin survint et XXV fois le gouta. Cuit, il ne lui resta que l’arete. Un ange veillait et en fit un peigne d’or. B.S. Cur.
which translates as:
Stupid fisherman at the mouth of the Rhone, he turned his fish on the grill twice. A devil popped up and tasted it 25 times. Cooked, all that remained was the bone. An angel watched and made a golden comb. B.S. Cur.
The original unfortunately got lost in a fire. The poem seems to link to a local fable called La Légende du Peigne d’Or (Legend of the Golden Comb).
French researcher Patrick Mensior has done an elaborate analysis in his book: l’extrordinaire secret des prêtres de Rennes-le-Château
Researcher Roger Boonaert has come up with an interesting theory that has many followers among his colleagues. He start with the number 17 as indicated by Station of the Cross Number X Jesus Is Divested Of His Clothes. In the first round of decypherment he found the following text:
TRESOR ENFOUI AU LAGASTOUS AVEN 1785
treasure buried at Lagastous aven 1785
In the next round of decyphering he found a sentence of 128 letters, the same number as on the headstone of the Marchioness d’Hautpoul-Blanchefort
OR NATIF ROMAIN HAUTPOUL DEPOTS WISIGOTHIQUE ALARIC ROYAL TEMPLIERS BEZU ACCES KARST SUD AVEN RAYONS LLLLLLXV M POINTS AVEN P CARLA ROI MORT MMLLLLXLV M
native roman gold Hautpoul deposits Visigoth Alaric royal Templars Bezu access karst south aven rays LLLLLLXV M points aven P Carla dead king MMLLLLXLV M
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Another piece of “evidence” lost? Is there one piece of genuinely authentic evidence from Sauniere’s story that has not been “lost”
:)
Well, they never lost the village and the church…
Take care | Raven
Indeed and wonderful they are too but their message/meaning is entirely open to question if indeed it exists. No one as ever even seen the parchments on which Saunieres story rests. Is there anything solid in existence that supports the alleged story of Sauniere?
Sure there is. There’s the Knight’s Stone, the baluster with the hidden compartment, his estate, meticulous records of part of his spending, his correspondence with friends and colleagues, the files of his trials, the correspondence with his suppliers and craftsmen. There’s plenty to research and to show for the fact that Sauniere wasn’t just your average priest.
I am not forcing any opinions here. I try to give people insight in what is believed, what can be evidenced and what can be still researched.
Hope that helps :)