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Leon Adolphe Amette (6 September 1850
Douville-sur-Andelle Douville-sur-Andelle (, literally ''Douville on Andelle'') is a commune in the Eure department in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of ...
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Eure Eure () is a department in Normandy in Northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2019, Eure had a population of 599,507.Antony, Hauts-de-Seine) was a French Catholic
cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
who was
archbishop of Paris The Archdiocese of Paris (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Parisiensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Paris'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is one of twenty-three archdioceses in France ...
from 1908 to 1920. He was made a cardinal in 1911 with the rank of cardinal priest and the title of S. Sabina. He participated in the 1914 papal conclave which elected
Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (Latin: ''Benedictus XV''; it, Benedetto XV), born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, name=, group= (; 21 November 185422 January 1922), was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His ...
. He consecrated the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in 1919.


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1850 births 1920 deaths People from Eure 20th-century French cardinals Archbishops of Paris Burials at Notre-Dame de Paris Cardinals created by Pope Pius X {{france-RC-archbishop-stub