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In 1978, Henri Boudet's enigmatic (some say non-sensical) book The True Celtic Language and the Cromleck of Rennes-les-Bains was re-issued, including a preface by Pierre Plantard. Today Plantard's role in the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château is contr...
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According to Gérard de Sède in his book the Accursed Treasure of Rennes-le-Château, Saunière defaced the tombstones of the Marchioness de Blanchefort's grave after he had decoded them to erase any evidence of a treasure. What great fortune the...
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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...
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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...
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Extract of the, Guide de l'Aude administratif, judiciaire et commercial, the 1897 Yellow Pages, published in, Montpellier, in 1897 by the Société des Guides Méridionaux. The page shows the record for Rennes-le-Château. We learn that the vil...
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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...
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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....
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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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In 1900, the municipal council of, Rennes-le-Château's approved Abbé Saunière's request to dig a caveau in the cemetery, to serve as the last resting place for him and all future village priests. Construction was started in 1901. The caveau c...
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Between June 2007 and august 2009 your unworthy webmaster interviewed a number of well known American, English and French Rennes-le-Château related authors and researchers for Radio Rennessence. The interviews where conducted by the esoteric troj...
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The Chapelle St. Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer was the first in a row of Chapels and Churches Jean Cocteau adorned with his characteristical man size murals. He created stained glas windows for the Church of St. Maximin in Metz, murals for the ch...
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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...