Timeline
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1621 |
Guercino paints first version of Et In Arcadia Ego |
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Aug |
1623 |
pontificate Urban VIII |
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1627 |
Nicolas Poussin paints his first version of les Bergers d’Arcadie |
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1639 |
Nicolas Poussin paints his second version of les Bergers d’Arcadie |
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May |
1643 |
death of Louis XIII, reign of Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil |
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Sep |
1644 |
pontificate Innocent X |
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Nov |
1644 |
Registering of the testament of Francois Pierre d’Hautpoul by notaire Captier of Esperaza. |
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1645 |
a shepherd called Ignace Paris falls in a cave in search of a sheep and comes out with a large number of gold coins in his hat. He tells people he has discovered a room full of gold but when he refuses to tell where he is stoned to death on the charge of theft. |
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1646 |
baron d’Hautpoul has the church of Rennes-le-Château restored, supported by the bishop of Carcassonne: Nicolas Pavillon |
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1651 |
Bishop of Carcassonne, Nicolas Pavillon, gives a diamond ‘the size of an egg’ to the city of Toulouse for fighting the plague. |
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1653 |
discovery of the tomb of Childeric I in the Church of Saint Brice in Tournai. The treasure buried with him consists of a richly ornamented sword, a torse-like bracelet, jewels of gold and cloisonné enamel with garnets, gold coins, a gold bull’s head and a ring with the inscription CHILDERICI REGIS (’of Childeric the king’), which identifies the tomb. Most special find are 300 golden bees, that Napoleon I later uses to decorate his mantle for the coronation as Emperor of the French |
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Apr |
1655 |
pontificate Alexander VII |
| Apr | 1656 | Abbé Louis Fouquet, the brother of Nicolas Fouquet, superintendent of finances to King Louis XIV of France, senta a letter to his brother describing his meeting with Nicolas Poussin. "He and I discussed certain things, which I shall with ease be able to explan to you in detail - things that will give you, through Monsieur Poussin, advantages which even kings would have great pains to draw from him, and which, according to him, it is possible that nobody else will ever be able to rediscover in the centuries to come. And, what is more, these are things so difficult to discover that nothing now on this earth can prove of better fortune nor be their equal." | |
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1659 |
François Charles Fouquet is nominated bishop of Narbonne (brother of Nicolas Fouqet, Treasurer under Louis XIV) |
| 1660 | the church of Notre Dame de Marceille in Limoux is transferred from the diocese of Alet to the diocese of Narbonne | ||
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nov |
1665 |
death of Nicolas Poussin |
| nov | 1661 | Blaise d’Hautpoul goes to court against Nicolas Pavillon, bishop of Alet to prevent the King’s troops to search his grounds and mines | |
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Jun |
1667 |
pontificate Clement IX |
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Apr |
1670 |
pontificate Clement X |
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1670 |
Mgr. François Charles Fouquet has a St. Antoine tableau by David Teniers the Younger overpainted with a St. Augustine by Ambroise Frédeau |
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1673 |
death of Mgr. François Charles Fouquet, Louis XIV starts 4 years of trials to remove the Jansenist bishop Nicolas Pavillon from the diocese of Alet but doesn’t succeed |
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Sep |
1676 |
pontificate Innocent XI |
| 8 | Dec | 1677 | death of Nicolas Pavillon, bishop of Alet |
| 1678 | Colbert, Louis XIV’s new treasurer erects ‘La Compagnie des Mines de Blanchefort’, to prospect the lands of the Hautpouls | ||
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1685 |
Louis XIV buys the original of the second version of Poussin’s Les Bergers d’Arcadie from C.A. Herault. He puts it on display in his private quarters |
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Oct |
1689 |
pontificate Alexander VIII, birth of François d’Hautpoul Rennes, marquis de Blanchefort |
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Jul |
1691 |
pontificate Innocent XII |
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1694 |
entry in the parish registry of the burial of a high ranking individual in the church of Rennes-le-Château, registered by Abbé Vernat |
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Nov |
1700 |
pontificate Clement XI |
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1705 |
death of Dame Anne Delsol, aged 75, (whose husband Marc Antoine Dupuy was the brother in law of Henry d’Hautpoul) buried in the church of Rennes-le-Château "au tombeau des seigneurs" (parish registry 1694-1726) The tombeau, according to the parish register is located "dans l’eglise de ce lieu au tombeau des Seigneurs qui est au pres du Balustre" (the same wooden pillar in which a glass tube with parchment was found in July 1887) |
| 1713 | birth of Marie de Nègre d’Ables, daughter of François de Nègre d’Ables de Niort. ancien capitain dans le régiment d’Orléanais (+1726) et Toinette de Gaychier (+1724) | ||
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1715 |
death of Louis XIV, reign of Louis XV, le Bien Aimé |
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May |
1721 |
pontificate Innocent XIII |
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1724 |
death of messire Henry du Venret buried in the church of Rennes-le-Château "au tombeau des seigneurs" (parish registry 1694-1726) |
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1724 |
Abbé Bernard becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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May |
1724 |
pontificate Benedict XIII |
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Jul |
1730 |
pontificate Clement XII |
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1732 |
Abbé Bernard Mongé of Niort-de-Sault is murdered by François de Montroux, uncle and appointed tutor of Marie de Nègre | |
| Nov | 1732 | Marriage of François d’Hautpoul and Marie de Nègre | |
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1736 |
Abbé Jean Bigou becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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Aug |
1740 |
pontificate Benedict XIV |
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1748 |
Admiral George Baron Anson commissions the Shepherd’s Monument at Shugnborough Hall, UK |
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May |
1753 |
sudden death of François d’Hautpoul-Rennes, seigneur of Rennes-le-Château, Marquis de Blanchefort in the house of Grégoire de Fourn. He is buried in the Cathédrale St-Martin in Limoux, his heart is buried in Notre Dame de Marceille. Both graves have disappeared. |
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Jul |
1758 |
pontificate Clement XIII |
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May |
1769 |
pontificate Clement XIV |
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May |
1774 |
death of Louis XV, reign of Louis XVI |
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1774 |
Abbé Antoine Bigou becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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Feb |
1775 |
pontificate Pius VI |
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1776 |
death of Abbé Jean Bigou in Rennes-le-Château |
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Jan |
1781 |
death of Marie de Nègre d’Ables, Dame d’Hautpoul, Marquise Blanchefort. She is buried in the cemetery of Rennes-le-Château. |
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1791 |
Abbé Jean Antoine Camp becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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Jul |
1791 |
start of the French Revolution |
| 1 | Sep | 1792 | last bishop of Alet, Charles de la Cropte de Chanterac flees to Spain |
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Aug |
1792 |
fall of Louis XVI |
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Sep |
1792 |
clandestine emigration of Antoine Bigou and Jean-Pierre Cauneille (priest of Rennes-les-Bains) to Spain following the last bishop of Alet-les-Bains, Charles de la Cropte de Chanterac |
| 9 | Oct | 1792 | De Chanterac arrives in Sabadell where he stays in the Maison Meca |
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Jan |
1793 |
execution of Louis XVI |
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Mar |
1794 |
death of Abbé Antoine Bigou in exile, allegedly in Spain |
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Apr |
1794 |
execution of Danton |
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Jul |
1794 |
execution of Robespierre |
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Nov |
1799 |
end of the First Republic, Napoleon Bonaparte declares himself First Consul |
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Jan |
1800 |
oppression of royalist revolt in the Vendee |
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Mar |
1800 |
pontificate Pius VII |
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1803 |
Abbé Marsan becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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1804 |
Napoleon Bonaparte declares himself Emperor of the French people |
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1805 |
Abbé Rouger becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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1812 |
tragic end of Napoleon I’s Russian campaign |
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1814 |
abdication of Napoleon I, exile to Elba |
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Mar |
1815 |
Napoleon I returns to power, start of the One Hundred Days |
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Jun |
1815 |
defeat of Napoleon I at Waterloo, second abdication and exile to St Helena |
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1815 |
reign of Louis XVIII |
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1820 |
Abbé Sabarthes becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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1822 |
Louis de Coma is born in Foix |
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1823 |
Abbé Sadourny becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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Sep |
1823 |
pontificate Leo XII |
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1824 |
death of Louis XVIII, reign of Charles X |
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Mar |
1829 |
pontificate Pius VIII |
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Jul |
1830 |
the Virgin Mary appears to Catherine Labouré in the Rue du Bac in Paris |
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Jul |
1830 |
abdication of Charles X, reign of Louis Philippe de Bourbon, le Roi Citoyen (the citizen king) |
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Feb |
1831 |
pontificate Gregory XVI |
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1832 |
French historian Jean Pierre Jacques Auguste de Labouisse-Rochefort publishes ‘Voyages à Rennes-les-Bains’, written in 1803. Labouisse-Rochefort compares the landscape of Rennes-les-Bains with Arcadia |
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1832 |
Jean Pierre Jacques Auguste de Labouisse-Rochefort becomes accepted as a member of the illustrious Arcadian Academy of Rome |
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1832 |
Abbé Pagès becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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1834 |
Abbé Blanc becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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1836 |
Abbé Pons becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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Nov |
1837 |
birth of Jean-Jacques Henri Boudet in Quillan |
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1840 |
birth of Edmond Boudet, brother of Henri Boudet |
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Jun |
1846 |
pontificate Pius IX |
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Sep |
1846 |
the Virgin Mary appears to Mélanie Calvet in La Salette |
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Feb |
1848 |
2nd revolution in Paris, Louis Philippe abdicates and the Second Republic is proclaimed |
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Dec |
1848 |
Louis Napoleon elected President de la République |
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1851 |
Coup d’Etat of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon III), proclamation of the Second Empire |
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Apr |
1852 |
Berenger Saunière is born in Montazels as the first of 7 children of the Major |
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1855 |
Alfred Saunière is born in Montazels as the second of 7 children of the Major |
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1856 |
Louis de Coma starts construction of the Carol Estate, a copy of Getshemane funded with money from the Comte de Chambord (4.000 Fr) |
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Feb |
1858
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the Virgin Mary appears to Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes |
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1860 |
a piece of gold weighing over 50 kilo’s is found near Bezu |
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Dec |
1861 |
Henri Boudet is ordained a priest |
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Jan |
1862 |
Henri Boudet becomes the cure of Durban |
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Jun |
1862 |
Henri Boudet becomes the cure of Caunes (Minervois) |
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Nov |
1866 |
Henri Boudet becomes the cure of Frestes |
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Aug |
1868 |
birth of Marie Dénarnaud |
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May |
1870 |
Napoleon III capitulates |
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Aug |
1870 |
French Republic is proclaimed, start of the Third Republic |
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Feb |
1871 |
Thiers President de la République |
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Jul |
1872 |
death of Jean Vié curé of Rennes-les-Bains |
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1872 |
Henri Boudet becomes curé of Rennes-les-Bains |
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1873 |
Thiers resigns, Maréchal de Mac-Mahon President de la République after a failed attempt to restore the monarchy by Henry V, Comte de Chambord |
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1873 |
start of the great depression |
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Feb |
1876 |
the Virgin Mary appears to Estelle Faguette in Pellevoisin, her case for cannonisation is later defended at the Vatican by Eugène Huguet | |
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Feb |
1878 |
pontificate Leo XIII |
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1879 |
Abbé Cézac becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château, resignation of Mac-Mahon, July Grévy President de la République |
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Jul |
1879 |
Saunière becomes chaplain of Alet-les-Bains |
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1880 |
discovery of a Neolithic graveyard, proving men’s presence in the area for at least 3.000 years |
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1880 |
Henri Boudet finishes his book La Vraie Langue Celtique et le Cromlech de Rennes-les-Bains |
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1881 |
Mgr. Billard becomes Bishop of Carcassonne |
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1881 |
Abbé Mocquin becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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Jun |
1882 |
Saunière becomes curé of Le Clat |
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Feb |
1884 |
Papal Encyclical ‘Nobilissima Gallorum Gens’ (‘To the Most Noble French Nation’, On the Religious Question in France), addressed to the Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops of France, mentioning that France was alienating itself from its past Catholic Traditions and that it had to do all it could to restore those values |
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1884 |
Abbé Croc becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château |
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1855 |
Louis de Coma completes construction of the Carol Estate or Monastère de Carol |
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Jun |
1885 |
Saunière becomes curé of Rennes-le-Château and writes: La croix du milieu existe, mais il n’y a pas d’allées " |
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Oct |
1885 |
Saunière preaches against the Republicans. He supposedly asked his parishioners to vote for the ‘Union of the Right’, dedicated to the reversal of the anticlerical legislations of the Republican Government and towards the restoration of the French Monarchy (this Party was comprised of a coalition of the Conservatives, the Bonapartists and the Monarchists) with the Monarchists being the most successful part of the coalition during the 1885 elections winning the most Seats |
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Oct |
1885 |
Mgr Billard receives a complaint from René Goblet, the Minister of Religion relating to the ‘reprehensible behaviour’ of four clerics during the electoral period of 1885 and asking for their transfers |
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Nov |
1885 |
Mgr Billard responds by stating that Saunière has no intention of attacking the Government, but has the right as the Defender of Religion to read an article from ‘La Semaine Religieuse de Carcassonne’, to give advice to the voters of his parish in the presence of anti-Christian anti-Concordat programmes of several candidates of the deputation |
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Dec |
1885 |
Saunière is suspended because of his anti-republican speech, René Goblet, the Minister of Religion, writes to Mgr Billard stating that he has suspended four priests in the Rennes-le-Château region: B. Saunière, curate at Rennes-le-Château; Tailhan, curate at Roullens; Jean, curate at Bourriège and Delmas, vicar at Alet |
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