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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...
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Abbé Jean Rivière (1867-1929) Jean Rivière was the curé of Espéraza, a neighboring village of Rennes-le-Château at the time of Saunière's death. It was Rivière who was called to the village by Marie Dénarnaud to hear her master's last con...
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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...
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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)...
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Often,, the mystery of Rennes-le-Château has been linked to Freemasonry. It has been argued that some of the duality Saunière introduced in his church (the inversions in the Fresco, the black and white checkerboard tiles in on the church floor ...
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According to the resume Otto Rahn wrote for his SS entry dossier, he was born on 18 February 1904. Rahn's school history teacher Freiher von Gaul introduced him to the Grail romances and the stories of Parzival and Siegfried. He gained his Bachelo...
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Probably one of the most controversial aspects of the mystery of Rennes-le-Château is the legal battle that its chief protagonist, Bérenger Saunière played with Bishop de Beauséjour, for the better part of a decade. For sceptics, it has been u...
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Guillem de Gellone (755 - 814) in French, also known as William of Orange or William with the Short Nose, after a legend in which a Saracen cut off part of William's nose in battle. William's mother was a daughter of Charles Martel, making William...
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About this site and its history since 2003
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On 20th November 1896, Abbé Saunière signed a contract with Giscard, manufacturer of religious statues and plasterwork in Toulouse. As part of this contract the priest ordered the big Bas Relief that you can still see today over the confessional...
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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...
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Allegory of the Coronation of Celestine V / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France The painter is unknown but is has been dated 16th century. It is thought this is the painting of Celestine V that is referred to in Les Dossiers Secrets and in Gérard de ...
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The story of Daniel Bettex is, interwoven with the mountain of Bugarach. Bettex, was a Swiss security officer at Geneva airport during his professional life. In his free time he researched the Medieval Cathar tragedy. Bettex was in close contact...
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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...
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George Anson 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762) British Admiral and wealthy aristocrat from an influential masonic family. He made his fortune capturing Spanish galleons between 1740 and 1748 in the war of the Austrian succession, the most famous one bei...
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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...
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Welcome to Rennes-le-Château Research and Resource. This website is dedicated to giving all the available sources and insights to everyone with an interest in the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château. The Mystery of Rennes-le-Château has been an inexha...
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Black rock outcropping along the road to Rennes-les-Bains coming from Coustaussa. The ancient silver and copper mines in this mountain top, opposite Blanchefort is dubbed 'le Roc Noir' (Black Rock). The location allegedly held the treasure chamber...
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It was Henry Lincoln, co-author of bestseller the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail who noticed that many of the sites that figure in the mystery of Rennes-le-Château have very precise geometric relations with eachother. Frustrated by the fact that t...
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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...