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Carmes Prison
The Carmes Prison (French - ''prison des Carmes'') was a prison of the French Revolution. It was set up in what had been the Carmes Monastery in Paris. It formed a vast enclosure bounded by rue du Regard, rue du Cherche-Midi and rue Cassette - it was also bordered to the south by rue de Vaugirard. It was the site of one of the September Massacres in 1792 and features in the 1927 film ''Napoléon''. September Martyrs History The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was adopted on 12 July 1790, setting up a new system for electing priests and bishops and allowing a death sentence against any priests who refused to comply. 126 of 130 bishops and 100,000 out of 130,000 priests refused to swear to it and so on 27 May 1792 a decree of the Legislative Assembly ordered them to be deported. The monastery's household silver and library were seized and the community was forced to leave the monastery building, which was turned into a prison. 188 priests and three bishops were massacred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand De Foucauld De Pontbriand
Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand (24 November 1751 – 2 September 1792) was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Arles and one of the 191 Catholic Martyrs of September 1792, killed in the September Massacres which occurred during the French Revolution. He was beatified as a member of that group on 17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI. Life Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand was born on 24 November 1751, at Château de Lascoux in Celles, Dordogne, the son of Henri de Foucauld (1712–1775), seigneur of Lascoux and Sibylle Marie du Lau d'Allemans. He belonged to the Pontbriand branch of the Foucauld (Périgord) family; he was the great-great uncle of Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916). He took religious orders and became canon of Meaux in 1774. In 1781, he was summoned by his first cousin (maternal), Monseigneur Jean Marie du Lau d'Allemans, the archbishop of Arles, to become vicar general. In 1787, he received the Abbey of Solignac, near Limoges as a benefice, being the last in the li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacres De Septembre
A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when perpetrated by a group of political actors against defenseless victims. The word is a loan of a French term for "butchery" or "carnage". A "massacre" is not necessarily a "crime against humanity". Other terms with overlapping scope include war crime, pogrom, mass killing, mass murder, and extrajudicial killing. Etymology The modern definition of ''massacre'' as "indiscriminate slaughter, carnage", and the subsequent verb of this form, derive from late 16th century Middle French, evolved from Middle French ''"macacre, macecle"'' meaning "slaughterhouse, butchery". Further origins are dubious, though may be related to Latin ''macellum'' "provisions store, butcher shop". The Middle French word ''macecr'' "butchery, carnage" is first recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Grasset De Saint-Sauveur, Fils
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation of the Greek name ''Andreas'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'. The name is popular in Norway and Sweden. Cognate names Cognate names are: * : Andrei, |
Saint-Sulpice (Québec)
Saint-Sulpice or Saint Sulpice may identify: People *Sulpicius Severus, known as Saint Sulpice (c. 360–c. 420), who wrote the earliest biography of Saint Martin of Tours * Sulpitius the Pious, known as Saint Sulpice, who died around 646 AD *Sulpitius I of Bourges the Severe (died 591) * 9th Century Bishop of Bayeux *General Raymond-Gaspard de Bonardi de Saint-Sulpice, who fought during the Napoleonic Wars Places ;Belgium *Church of Saint-Sulpice, Jumet, a church in Jumet, section of Charleroi ;Canada *Saint-Sulpice, Quebec, a municipality * Saint-Sulpice (Montreal), a district in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in Montreal ;France *, in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany *Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, a church in central Paris ** Place Saint-Sulpice, a large square next to the church * in the Calvados department, Normandy * Saint-Sulpice, Ain, in the Ain department * Saint-Sulpice, Haute-Saône, in the Haute-Saône department * Saint-Sulpice, Lot, in the Lot d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Québec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area and the second-largest by Population of Canada by province and territory, population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois people, Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York (state), New York in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
