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10 August 1792 – Massacre of the Swiss Guard at the Tuileries

Wikipedia Article on the Insurrection of 10 August 1792 The Lion of Lucerne: the controversial tourist attraction Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion) – a national-political monument with built-in controversy

5 August 1697 – Jean-Baptiste de Santeul

Castigat ridendo mores Wikipedia Entry Supreme quales Arbiter (Disposer supreme) translated by Isaac Williams, 1839 Christi perenne nuntii (Christ’s everlasting messengers) translated by Isaac Williams Divine crescebas Puer (The Heavenly Child in stature grows) translated by John Chandler, 1837 Templi sacratas pande Syon fores (O Sion, open wide thy gates) translated by Edward Caswall Non parta solo sanguine (Not byContinue reading “5 August 1697 – Jean-Baptiste de Santeul”

23 July – Sister Placide Bellanger

The Holiness of the Church in the Nineteenth Century: Saintly Men and Women of Our Own Times On the Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo – Catholic Encyclopedia , Wikipedia Possible sources for otherwise forgotten story – Histoire de la Congrégation des Soeurs de charité de Saint-Charles de Nancy. Tome 1 Encyclopédie théologique ; 20-23.Continue reading “23 July – Sister Placide Bellanger”