106 results for "Saunière"
Jean Brunelin represents 40 years of research into the mystery of Rennes-le-Château. Nicknamed 'the Admiral', he has been its court photographer for just as long. From the famous picture of Jean Cocteau on his death bed to the amazing miniatures ...
Jules Verne (1828-1905) In his books, the world famous writer of 20.000 leagues under the sea, appears to make references to Rennes-le-Château, it's mystery and the general area around the village, specifcally Mount Bugarach. Clovis Dardentor for...
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...
Around 1965 Henry Buthion (who had just bought the Villa Bethania from Noel Corbu) and his friend Jean Pellet found a piece of paper with some scribblings in Abbé's Saunière's, handwriting inside his personal altar in the housechapel. It was hi...
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 ...
French researcher Jacques Rivière, who unfortunately passed away in 2006, left us some of the most serious, books on the mystery of Rennes-le-Château as well as a, great many things to ponder. On of his most intriguing claims was, that, if th...
Arsène Lupin is one of the most popular fictional heroes in France. Gentleman thief, ironic, audicious and always with a certain viruosity. His victimes treated with a rare elegance. His creator, the famous French writer Maurice Leblanc was born ...
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...
From Rags to Richess At the end of the 19th century, Bérenger Saunière, the poor parish priest of Rennes-le-Château, all of a sudden started spending a lot more money then he could ever have earned performing his normal duties....
Nicolas Pavillon (1597-1677) It was during the reign of Pavillon as bishop of Alet-les-Bains that allegedly the Shepherd Paris fell into a hole while chasing a sheep and found gold. It is in this story that the mystery of Rennes-le-Château finds ...
Priests of Rennes-le-Château from 1724 to 1917 1724-1736 Abbé Bernard 1736-1774 Abbé Bigou (Jean) 1774-1791 Abbé Bigou (Antoine) 1791-1803 Abbé Camp (Curé de Alaigne) 1803-1805 Abbé Marsan 1805-1820 Abbé Rouger 1820-1823 Abbé Sabarther 18...
In the 1890s, in, the nondescript Village of Raynaude, Father Antoine Rousse faced a serious problem. In fact, for a Catholic priest, it was a matter of some urgency. His church and presbytery were in such a state of disrepair that he could not c...
Les Bergers d'Arcadie (Et in Arcadia Ego) / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France Painted by Nicolas Poussin between 1638 and 1640. Poussin is linked to the enigma of Rennes-le-Château like no other artist. According to Gérard de Sède in his book 'le...
Allegedly found by Bérenger Saunière while restoring his church in July 1887. It contains Latin text fragments of Luke VI, 1-5 and Matthew XII, 1-8, Mark II, 23-28. On this parchment a coded message was found that is at the heart of the enigma: ...
Spirit of Spring / Musée Carnavalet, Paris Painted by Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), member of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Paris. A Litho of this painting is hanging halfway the staircase in the Villa Bethania. It's a remarkable picture of 3 girls in...
The Temptation of Saint Anthony / Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia Painted by David Teniers de Younger between 1636 and 1640. It was once owned by Hermann Goering after the Nazi's had robbed some major art collections in May 1940. It is said Saun...
The Temptation of Saint Anthony / Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne Painted by David Teniers de Younger around 1650. It is said Saunière bought a painting of St. Antoine from the Louvre around 1891 but is has never been established which one.
St. Antoine / Notre Dame de Marceille, Limoux One of the enigma's surrounding the church of Notre Dame de Marceille in Limoux. In 1670, François Charles Fouquet, bishop of Narbonne (and brother of Nicolas Fouquet, Treasurer under Louis XIV). comm...
This painting of St. Anthony the Hermit was painted by an artist from Toulon in Saunière's time. It belonged to a very close friend of the Abbé. It was tracked down by Jean-Luc Robin, who ran the guesthouse in the Villa Bethania for a long time ...