106 results for "Saunière"
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...
Many of current lines of Rennes-le-Château research end in or at least touch upon the Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Marceille in Limoux. A look into its history at least confirms that clergy and laymen fought over its control through the ages. In 19...
[caption id="attachment_2283" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Abbey of Orval, Belgium"][/caption] The Abbey of Orval, in Belgium's Ardennes Forest, is truly a place of mystery. The name "Orval" means "Valley of Gold". Nostradamus was said...
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...
In the south of France, particularly in the Languedoc, Mary Magdalene holds a central place in religious life. Much in contrast with the image that is in the new testa-ment and therewith in popular belief, she takes up the place normally associate...
Hidden in the French Larzac region, close to Millau, lies the fortified village of St Jean d'Alcas. Unlike many of the other fortified towns in the Larzac region it was never a Templar or Hospitalier site. The village belonged to the Cistercian Ab...
[fvplayer src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXB3mfHeFIM"] In 1996, an episode of the BBC show Timewatch was dedicated to Paul Schellenberger's and Richard Andrew's book the Tomb of God. In this controversial book, the authors claimed that they ...
The locations associated with the mystery of Rennes-le-Château can be found in the French Languedoc-Roussillon area. Roughly the area is marked by the city of Carcassonne in the North, the Pyrenees in the South and Perpignan on the Eastern perime...
[caption id="attachment_6096" align="alignleft" width="225"] The Wooden Baluster at Rennes-le-Château[/caption] This wooden baluster (pillar) supported the original pulpit before Saunière started his restorations. In the top of this wooden pilla...
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...
Saint Anthony and Saint Paul in the Desert / Shugborough Hall, copy after the original by David Teniers de Younger Previously wrongly titled by the Courtauld institute as 'Elijah and Elisha being fed by the Raven', This painting was assumed by H...
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...
Abbé Bernard Mongé was, the village priest of Niort-de-Sault. He was found dead at the entrance of his garden, on 27th May, 1732. Investigations showed he had been murdered by François de Montroux, bailif of the Pays du Sault. De Montroux wa...
The Holy Blood of Bruges-la-Morte [caption id="attachment_2331" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="City of Bruges, Belgium"][/caption] The epic poem Perceval, Le Conte du Graal launched the Holy Grail into Western literature. Written by Fren...
On Ascension day 1243 a French army led by Hugh of Arcis started the siege of the Montségur Castle an inpenetrable fortress, perched on a 1,100 meters high rock. It was the apotheosis of what is today know as the Albigensean Crusade. At the botto...
Ariduchesse Marie-Thérèse de Modène, Comtesse de Chambord (1817 - 1886) Member of the Habsburg family. Widow of Henry V d'Artois (1820-1883), last of the Bourbons and pretender to the throne of France. She donated 1.000 goldfrancs to Abbé Saun...
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...
Horizontal Tombstone of Marie de Nègre d'Ables Also called the Arcadia stone. Transcription of the horizontal tombstone of Marie de Nègre d'Ables, Dame d'Hautpoul, Marquise de Blanchefort +17/01/1781. De engraving is believed to have been commis...
Allegedly found by Bérenger Saunière while restoring his church in July 1887. It contains the story in which Jesus visits Lazarus in Bethania from the Gospel of John in Latin. In this parchment another coded message was discovered: BERGERE PAS D...
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...