106 results for "Saunière"
Canon Jean Eugène Huguet (1845-1927) Curé of Espiens sur Nérac and Avocat Ecclésiastique (religious lawyer). Huguet took up Saunière's defense when he was accused of mass trafficking, excessive spending and disobeyance. Huguet was recommended...
In October 1904, Abbé Saunière sent a postcard to Marie Dénarnaud from the village of Arles-sur-Tech. This pilgrimage site, close to the spa town of Amélie-les-Bains at the foot of the Pyrenees, drew and still draws people from far away to wor...
In January of 1890, the Rennes-le-Château Municipal Council approved Abbé Saunière's request to refrubish the public square in front of the Church. After a year of gardening, the first bit was completed and officially opened by the placement of...
Johann Salvator von Österreich-Toskana (1852-????) Archduke from the, House of Habsburg. In 1889 he, distanced himself from the Habsburg dynasty and took the name of Johann Orth, after his Gmundener castle. After he had laid down his titles, he...
In France, a Reposoir (Viewing Room), was a place where the dead were laid to rest before the burial. The villagers could then visit them to pay them their last respects together before they were trusted to their graves. In the case of Rennes-le-...
The domain of Abbé Saunière and in fact the whole Mystery of Rennes-le-Château counts a , number of inversions and doubles. Here's an attempt to sum them up in random order. I am open to suggestions. On the large Fresco on the west wall of...
1 Church of St. Mary Magdalene 2 Sacristie 3 Calvaire 4 Grotto 5 Reposoir 6 Cemetry Gate 7 Ossarium 8, Original tombs of Bérenger Saunière and Marie Dénarnaud 9 Notre Dame de Lourdes, jardin de Vierge 10 Presbytery 11 Villa Bethania 12 Hou...
This week, Société Perillos finally published one of the letters that were found with the famous Saunière Model. This concludes 13 years of uncertainty about the authenticity of this model. The letter contains general comments about the model a...
Abbé Antoine Bigou (1719-1794) Saunière's predecessor as prête of Rennes-le-Château from 1776 to 1792. Bigou was the priest and confidant of the family Hautpoul de Blanchefort. On her deathbed, Marie de Blanchefort, allegedly confided her...
There's a theory going around that perhaps Saunière was a spy for the Germans during World War I. The story was fuelled by Baron Hans von Krohn visiting Saunière in 1915, while World War I was raging. Von Krohn was one of the people responsible ...
In 1897 Saunière finished the works on the church gardens. On the 6th of June the gardens were inaugurated by Monseigneur Billard, the Bishop of Carcasonne on a visit to Rennes-le-Château. The commemorative plaque can still be seen ...
Emma Calvé (Rosa-Emma Calvet) 1858-1942 was one of the most famous opera singers of her day. She was deeply attracted to, and a leading participant in, the thriving esoteric scene in Paris, taking as a lover one of the most renowned occultists of...
Called 'Dalle des Chevaliers' in French, this engraved stone is said to have been the cover stone of the crypt beneath the church at Rennes-le-Château. According to the legend, Saunière found it lying upside down and had it lifted by Adrien Marr...
Links to the websites of Rennes-le-Château Researchers and Publicists Andrew Gough's Arcadia (UK) André Douzet (FR) Beauséant (NL) Ben Hammot (UK) Bill Kersey (UK) Christian Attard (FR) Christian Doumergue (FR) Daniel Dugès (FR) Dan Green (UK)...
Noel Corbu (1912-1968) Entrepeneur, Noel Corbu bought Saunière's property, from Marie Dénarnaud in 1945 after which she lived with the Corbu's for until her death in 1953. When Noel failed to find even a trace of treasure he transformed Villa ...
In the back of the church, behind the statue of St. Antoine de Padoue there is a door leading to the Sacristie of the Eglise Marie-Madeleine. Inside the small room is large wood paneled wardrobe where Abbé Saunière kept his chasubles for the mas...
The Paris church of Saint Sulpice has played a role in the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château ever since Gérard de Sède made mention of it in his book, l'Or de Rennes also called Le Trésor Maudit, in 1967. We now know he was prompted by Pi...
The pillar was on of two that supported the original altar in the church. The second pillar was long thought to have disappeared. It is known that it had no inscriptions (Jean-Luc Robin, Rennes-le-Château - Saunière's secret). Recently an almost...
In the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château, a special place is reserved for a firm called Giscard from Toulouse. Four generations of Giscards specialized in the manufacturing of religious ornaments. Giscard delivered almost all of the ornaments during S...
The number 22 appears to have a special significance in relation to Rennes-le-Château: - 22nd July is Mary Magdalene's Feast day - 22nd January 1917, Bérenger Saunière died - Tour Magdala and the garden are linked by 22 steps - Tour Magdala has...