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According to Jean-Pierre Deloux and Jacques Brétigny, in their book Rennes-le-Château, capitale secrète de l'histoire de France, this drawing once decorated the church in Rennes-les-Bains. It shows a pope, copied from a well-known deck of Tarot...
As reported by many researchers and meticulously documented by Pierre Jarnac, Abbé Saunière was out of town a lot. There are many short and long periods of time that no sermons were held in Rennes-le-Château. To cover for his absence, Saunière...
Abbé Jean Jacques Henri Boudet (1837-1915) Curé of Rennes-les-Bains during Saunière's priesthood in Rennes-le-Château. They certainly knew eachother but the exact nature of their relation is unknown. Boudet is often regarded as the supreme mac...
Abbé François Bérenger Saunière (1852-1917) François Bérenger Saunière was born on 11th April 1852 in Montazels, a small village not far from Rennes-le-Château in the department of the Aude in...
The number 17 and particularly the date of 17th January appears to have a special significance in relation to Rennes-le-Château: 17th January 681 was the date Sigisbert IV was reputed to have arrived at Rennes-le-Château. He is the mysterious li...
Jean Pierre Jacques Auguste de Labouïsse-Rochefort was born in Saverdun (Ariège) on 4th July 1778 and died in Castelnaudery (Aude) on 22nd February 1852. He was a French historian. In 1832 he published a book entitled 'Voyage à Rennes-les-Bai...
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...
Abbé Antoine Gélis (1827-1897) Curé of Coustaussa, neighboring village of Rennes-le-Château. He was a secretive man that had large sums of money at his disposal. Gélis was viciously murdered in 1897. No valuables or money had been removed fro...
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 ...
Uomo Universalis France mourned when Jean Cocteau died on 11 October 1963. In one blow, the country lost a great and internationally acclaimed poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and film maker. His fame began in his twenties and lasted until toda...
Monseigneur Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour (1839-1930) 16 Dec 1839 Born in Vesoul 1863 Ordained Priest 13 May 1902 Appointed Bishop of Carcassonne 5 Apr 1930 Died Bishop of Carcassonne Successor of Mgr. Billard from 1902 until his death in 193...
A collection of documents and genealogies, deposited anonymously in the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris between 1964 and 1967. The various documents are written under pseudonyms or attributed to people later found to be deceased. Pierre Plantard ...
A surgeon ventured along the river Aude at the beginning of the 20th century, in order to make careful observations. Professor Philippe-Henri Lonet arrived from the Bordeaux region. He came because he devoted his leisure time to the photography of...
Les Roches Tremblantes (Trembling Rocks), sometimes called Dancing Rocks are a prominent landmark around Rennes-les-Bains. Actually, they were until two of them were destroyed by a lunatic vandal. For centuries these stones stood swinging in the w...
The ruins of this castle, close to those of the Château-de-Bézu lie on the D14 between Rennes-les-Bains and Bugarach. Its connection to the mystery of Rennes-le-Château comes from Jules verne. In his book Clovis Dardentor, he mentions that what...
It is probable that whatever Saunière discovered had to do with the ancient crypt beneath his church. When he first arrived in Rennes-le-Château in 1885, the entrances had been sealed off for over a century. Most likely by his 100 year predecess...
For the first time, this book is available to the English language audience. Marcus Williamson presents you The True Celtic Language and the Stone Circle of Rennes-les-Bains. In 1880, Abbé Henri Boudet of Rennes-les-Bains published a strange book...
On 17th January 1967, a document was submitted to the French National Library called Le Serpent Rouge (The Red Serpent) as part of Les Dossier Secrets. Notably, it appeared there three weeks before the release of Gérard de Sède's book The Accurs...
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 ...
Monseigneur Félix-Arsène Billard (1829-1901) 23 Oct 1829 Born in Saint-Valèry-en-Caux 17 Dec 1853 Ordained Priest of Rouen 17 Feb 1881 Appointed Bishop of Carcassonne 3 Dec 1901 Died Bishop of Carcassonne Bishop of Carcassonne and protector of ...