François de Vial (; October 4, 1904 – May 16, 1984) was a diplomat and a

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of France.Registre d'état civil de Pauillac N° 88-1904

Biography

Born at

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, Pauillac, he was the son of general .

Education

He attended the from 1910 to 1918. He received his BA and law degree in Paris.

Diplomatic career

* Attached to the Consulate of France in Berlin in 1932Annuaire du corps diplomatique 1978 * Seconded to the Embassy of France Prague 1933 * Embassy of France in Berne from 1934 to 1935 * Embassy of France in Budapest from 1935 to 1938 * Vice-consul in Naples from 1938 to 1939, he did not join the mobilization center * Attached to the Embassy of France to the Holy See from 1940 to 1944: Palazzo Taverna Orsini, founded by the Orsini family. French embassy to the Holy See

* Consul in Firenze from 1944 to 1949 FRANCOISDEVIALFLORENCE1946

* General consul in Quebec from 1953 to 1960 * General consul in Liverpool Francois de Vial et le Lord-Maire de londres 1962

* Plenipotentiary Minister Embassy of France in Madrid * Member of

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* Plenipotentiary Minister in London

Rome Holy See 1942–1944

Sir D'Arcy Osborne, was a British diplomat. He was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See 1936–1947. He was one of the group, led by Monsignor

Hugh O'Flaherty Hugh O'Flaherty (28 February 1898 – 30 October 1963) was an Irish Catholic priest, a senior official of the Roman Curia and a significant figure in the Catholic resistance to Nazism. During the Second World War, O'Flaherty was responsible f ...

and a French diplomat François de Vial who both helped conceal some 4,000 escapees, both Allied soldiers and Jews,Michaelis, Meir "Fascist Policy Toward Italian Jews: Tolerance and Persecution," ed. Ivo Hertzer, Ivo The Italian Refuge: Rescue of Jews During the Holocaust Chicago: The Catholic University Press, 1989. from the Nazis; 3,925 survived the war. United Kingdom: Sir Perceval d'Arcy Osborne 12th Duke of Leeds, KCMG (1936–1947) Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiar United States:

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(1939-1950) "Peace Ambassador" and "personal envoy"

Distinctions

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2020

* Officier of the

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* Commander of

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Médaille de la Résistance The Resistance Medal (, ) was a decoration bestowed by the French Committee of National Liberation, based in the United Kingdom, during World War II. It was established by a decree of General Charles de Gaulle on 9 February 1943 "to recognize the ...

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

* Knight of the

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary The Hungarian Order of Merit () is the fourth highest Order (honour), State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the Order of ...

References

Sources

* ''La Course pour Rome : comment la ville éternelle fut sauvée de la destruction nazie'', Dan Kurzman, Éditions Elsevier 1977 * French Diplomatic Diary 1950 Edition, 1968 Edition. * Chadwick, Owen Britain and the Vatican During the Second World War, 1988, Cambridge University Paperback Library, p. 86 et seq. * Clark, Mark (2007)

950 Year 950 ( CML) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Arab–Byzantine War: A Hamdanid army (30,000 men) led by Sayf al-Dawla raids into Byzantine theme Anatolia. He defea ...

Calculated Risk. New York: Enigma Books. . * D'Este, Carlo (1990). World War II in the Mediterranean (1942-1945 Major Battles and Campaigns). Algonquin Books. . * Ellis, John (1993). The World War II Databook: The Essential Facts and Figures for all the combatants. BCA. . * French general consuls List in Québec

* "Réception du docteur L.P. Roy" chronicle from Quebec newspaper "la Patrie"

* Economical links with Québec and federal Government 1953 Page 117, 121, 135: letters written by François de Vial to Maurice Schumann, French Foreign Office minister. * Moseley, Ray. 2004. Mussolini: The Last 600 Days of Il Duce. Dallas: Taylor Trade Publishing. * " War souvenirs; Pierre Peteul

* French Canadian diplomatic relationship : Mac Gill University Montréal. folio 191,192,205,206 "Réactions du Québec à l' américanisation de la culture". * Atkinson, Rick (2007). The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (vol. 2 of

The Liberation Trilogy ''The Liberation Trilogy'' is a series of military history books about the United States' involvement in World War II, written by American author Rick Atkinson and published by Henry Holt & Co. The first volume, '' An Army at Dawn'', won the 20 ...

). . * "Alphonse Juin (1888-1967)" (in French). Académie française. 2009. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-18. * Tardini, Domenico. 1960. Pio XII. Roma: Poliglotta Vaticana. * Mgr Martin, ''le Vatican inconnu'', Fayard, 1988 * Jean Neuvecelle, ''Église, capitale Vatican'', coll. ''L'Air du temps'', Paris, Gallimard, 1954, * Charles Pichon, ''Le Vatican hier et aujourd'hui'', Fayard, 1968 *

Paul Poupard Paul Joseph Jean Poupard (born 30 August 1930) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 1985. He held positions in the Roman Curia for more than 25 years, serving as President of the Pontifical Council for Cult ...

, ''Connaissance du Vatican : histoire, organisation, activité'', éd. Beauchesne, 1967
extraits en ligne
* Sergio Romano, ''La Foi et le Pouvoir : Le Vatican et l'Italie de Pie IX à Benoît XVI'', Buchet-Chastel, 200
Résumé en ligne
* Jean-Jacques Thierry :Andrea Lazzarini, Paolo VI, Profilo di Montini, quoted from Papst Paul VI Herder Freiburg, 1964 * Morris, Terry; Murphy, Derrick. Europe 1870–1991. * Nicholas Horth, Miklós Horthy, Andrew L. Simon, Nicholas Roosevelt, Admiral Nicholas Horthy Memoirs, Simon Publications LLC, 1957 * Raiber, Richard (2008). Anatomy of Perjury: Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, Via Rasella, and the GINNY mission. Newark: University of Delaware Press. OCLC 171287684. * Boyle, Peter G., ed. (2005). The Eden–Eisenhower correspondence, 1955–1957 University of North Carolina Press. * Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1948). Crusade in Europe, his war memoirs. * Clausson, M. I. (2006). NATO: Status, Relations, and Decision-Making. Nova Publishers. . * Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). Détente and confrontation: American-Soviet relations from Nixon to Reagan. Brookings Institution Press. . * Le Blévennec, François (25 October 2011). "The Big Move". NATO Review. Retrieved 19 December 2011. * a b Cody, Edward (12 March 2009). "After 43 Years, France to Rejoin NATO as Full Member". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 December 2011. * (es) Jesús Palacios et Stanley G. Payne, Franco, mi padre : Testimonio de Carmen Franco, hija del caudillo, Madrid, La Esfera de los Libros, 2008, 791 p. * O'Reilly, Charles T (2001). Forgotten Battles: Italy's War of Liberation, 1943–1945. Lexington Books. p. 244. . * Dalin, David G. The Myth of Hitler's Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis. Regnery Publishing: Washington, D.C. 2005; ; p. 76 * Minutes of 7 August 1941. British Public Records Office FO 371/30175 * Cf. The Holy See's official journal Acta Apostolicae Sedis Volume 51, p. 271. * The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican". * Stephen Walker (4 March 2011), "The Priest who Outfoxed the Nazis", Irish Times, retrieved 4 March 2011 * "Hugh O'Flaherty Memorial web page". Permanent Memorial. Hugh O'Flaherty Memorial Society. Retrieved February 23, 2013. * Linteau, Paul-André (1989). Histoire du Québec contemporain; Volume 1; De la Confédération à la crise (1867–1929). Montréal: Les Éditions du Boréal. . * Linteau, Paul-André (1989). Histoire du Québec contemporain; Volume 2; Le Québec depuis 1930. Montréal: Les Éditions du Boréal. . * Horthy:, Admiral Nicholas (2000). Admiral Nicholas Horthy Memoirs. Nicholas Horthy, Miklós Horthy, Andrew L. Simon, Nicholas Roosevelt (illustrated ed.). Simon Publications LLC. p. 348. . * 1919 speech of Horthy * The Battle for Rome: The Germans, The Allies, The Partisans, and The Pope, September 1943-June 1944. New York: Simon and Schuster. * Portelli, Alessandro (2003). The Order Has Been Carried Out: : History, Memory, and Meaning of a Nazi Massacre in Rome. Macmillan. * List des consuls généraux français à Québec * Liens économiques et échanges avec le Québec et le gouvernement fédéral 1953 Pages 117, 121, 135: lettres de François de Vial à Maurice Schumann, ministre des Affaires étrangères. * Relations France Canada : Archives de l' université .Mac Gill Montréal. * Strange Allies: Canada-Quebec-France Triangular Relations, 1944-1970 * *Katz, Robert (2003). The Battle for Rome. Simon & Schuster. . * The Peerage : Sir Percy Godolphin Osborne, 11° duc de Leeds.

External links

* :fr: Jean-Népomucène de Vial * :fr:Félix de Vial *

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