Antoine Captier (1833-1903)
Captier was the gardener of
Saunière and the carrilloneur (bell ringer) of the
church in Rennes-le-Château. It was him who found a small glass tube in the
wooden support pillar of the pulpit. It contained a small piece of paper signed by,
Antoine Bigou and gave it to the Abbé. He told his grandson that it was because of his discovery that Saunière had become a rich man and if only he had known... It was after this discovery that Saunière started his excavations in the cemetery.