Memoirs of the Right Reverend Simon Wm. Gabriel Bruté, D.D., first bishop of Vincennes

with sketches describing his recollections of scenes connected with the French Revolution and extracts from his journal

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Memoirs of the Right Reverend Simon Wm. Gabriel Bruté, D.D., first bishop of Vincennes

with sketches describing his recollections of scenes connected with the French Revolution and extracts from his journal

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CONTENTS
PREFACE, iii-vii
Life of Bishop Brute, 10-89
Sketches, 94
Trial of Rev. Mr. Raoul and the Sisters, 100-105
Rev. Mr. Touchet, Rector of St. Helier, 104-108
Death of Rev. Mr. Sorette, 108-115
Death of Rev. Mr. Duval, 115-116
The Priest and Peasant, 117-119
The Rev. Mr. Tostivint and the Marquis De Bedee, 119-121
The Rev. Mr. Sacquet, 122—124
The Rev. Mr. Poirier, 125-128
The Rector of Guignen and his Vicar, 129—130
The Rev. Mr. Clement, 130-133
The Death of the Rev. Mr. La Moine, 134-135
The Death of the Rev. Mr. Gautier of Brutz, 136—141
The Banishment of the Rev. Mr. Delaitre, 141-143
The Brother of the Christian Schools, 143-144
Father Kergate, 144—145
Two Brothers put to death together 146-147
Mr. Boisleve, 147-150
The Rev. Mr. Marechal and the Countesses De Renac, 151-158
The War in La Vendee, 159-162
The Prince of Rieux and Mr. Joyaux, 162—164
Armand de Montluc, 165-167
Our Sundays in 1793, 168-173
The Hospital of the Incurables, 174-179
Thirty Years and more ago, 179-187
Mr. Bouvet, 181-182
Journal, 183-217
Appendix, 219-222
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
I . Portrait of Bishop Brute, engraved by O'Neill. From Sketches by Bishop Brute.
2. Palais de Justice, Rennes, his birthplace, 9
3. Cathedral, Bishop's Residence, &c., Rennes, 18
4. Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier, Vincennes, 89
Fig. 1 marks the site of the ancient Jesuit Chapel.
5. Rev. Mr. Poirier and the Guillotine (see p. 127), 93
6. Rev. Mr. Raoul and the three Sifters of La Chapelle St. Aubert, before the Revolutionary Tribunal, 105
7. The Curate of Guignen endeavoring to shield his aged Pastor from the balls of the soldiers, 129
8. Rev. Mr. Gautier of Brutz, anointing in the wagon on the way to execution a countryman mortally wounded in endeavoring to fave him, 137
9. Rev. Mr. Clement and the Centry (see p. 131) 182

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OL25922770M
Internet Archive
RtRevSimonWmGabrielBrute
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317691418

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