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To Saint-Sulpice of Paris at Rennes-Le-Chateau

In the beginning of the years 60, Gérard De Sède drags us in an extraordinary adventure, the one that would have lived Bérenger Saunière. With strength details, he presents us the discoveries of Saunière and drag us toward Paris, where our priest would have presented his parchments to the scholars of the Saint-Sulpice church of Paris. In the present state of the things, it is not possible to prove that Bérenger Saunière went to the French Capital. On the other hand, It seems perfectly clear that one wants to direct us toward this particularly astonishing church. Astonish is a weak word, we should say, impressive. Of the size of a Cathedral, of which it draws the plan of it, this church was founded in order to answer the needs of one of the biggest parish of Paris. It perfectly translates well the big spiritual and artistic currents of the time. Won't we speak of "the art holy-sulpicien"  ? Its construction was undertaken in 1645 on the initiative of M. Olier, priest, and lasted 135 years. Due to a lack of money, works, has been interrupted during 40 years (1680 to 1720). It is only in 1780 that the north tower has been finished. The tower south, it, is stayed incomplete.

All around the nave and the ch.ur, an imposing ambulatory gives access at the 21 chapels dedicated to saints of all times.

Besides the statuaries, reproducing this "art Saint-Sulpicien" It is well difficult to us to find a direct tie with Rennes-Le-Chateau. It is true that the Gnomon indicates us the Meridian of Saint-Sulpice of which a lot of between you debated on the Forum "tie between Paris and Rennes-Le-Chateau" of this site. But I am not convinced that it is this tie that he/it fails to look for. Then in this case, you will tell me that must us to look for? The answer to this question is going to be rather in the different frescos of the church. The frescos that must to keep our attention more especially are those of the transept of the church. They are to the number of four all of the same painter. : SIGNOL Emile Signol is born in 1804 and die in 1892 in Montmorency. He is Price of Rome in 1830, academician in 1860. Of a rigorous academicism, he fights against the romanticism and impressionism..

Frescos of a big height, they crush the man who looks at them while raising the head. Although of an incontestable quality, it is not the pictorial quality that must keep our attention. No, we must essentially be interested in the signature of the four works..

Placed each facing each other two by two they carry signatures of different invoices. In a case, the N of Signol is in the normal sense of the writing, in the other case he is upside-down (). Four years separate the work in question. In 1872, Signol normally signed his canvases, in 1876 he reverses the N. Displeases to some to the critiques, the mistake must be separated of our thoughts. This mistake" is completely voluntary. Of are as much as the theme of the pictures implied in this mistake" of signature ::

Jesus' resurrection
Judas's treason.

Two big points fundamental of the end of the gospels..

Now, let's turn ourselves toward this village that results us so much from heart: Rennes-Le-Chateau.

To the court of our different stages of survey on the life of Bérenger Saunière and Rennes-Le-Chateau, we never met the inversion of the N; in any case not in an obvious manner. If we look well for ourselves find. For that to make it is sufficient us to return we on the tomb of Bérenger Saunière. We can benefit some to collect us but also we can straighten our look. There, a detail must attract our attention. As all Christian tomb, the tomb of Bérenger Saunière is surmounted of a cross. . On this cross we recover the initials of the sentence "Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum" wanting to say: "Jesus the Nazaréen King of the Jews ", that are written usually: I.N.R.I.

But there, surprise! The N is reversed, in the same way as on the pictures of Signol in the Saint-Sulpice church.

Whereas must us to think?

Must we find there the real tie between Rennes-Le-Chateau and the Saint-Sulpice church of Paris, or of the less the explicit demonstration of the tie? Attention! It is not as far as I say that Bérenger Saunière went to Paris in the conditions that some want to make us admit without reflections.. No! But, we can think that Signol and Bérenger Saunières had a common reality, but which  ?

And this reality, this tie, was known of the vicars of Saint-Sulpice! Here we are before a new question. But most astonishing is again to come.

Therefore, if we summarize ourselves are with two particularly astonishing and constant elements, the N reversed of Signol and the tomb of Bérenger Saunière.

It is important to really study the life of Bérenger Saunière and to tempt to determine the points important of his existence. One of its points is her cure in Antugnac.

Antugnac is a small village, no far from Rennes-Le-Chateau and Montazels, native village of our vicar. By decision of the bishopric, Bérenger Saunière had the hard load to assure, during one time, on the one hand his priest's mandate to Rennes-Le-Chateau but also the one to say the Mass in this village of Antugnac. He made several sermons that have been regrouped around named one book there: "my teaching in Antugnac ". Very interesting book for more than one reason.

The researcher doesn't fail to go to this parish in order to recover the "traces of Bérenger Saunière" therefore and to impregnate itself of his life.

And good if this researcher is a little curious and when he will leave the church of the village he will immediately take on the left and will go up a small street of the village. After about 200 meters, he will arrive to an intersection in T. He will take on the right. He will walk again about 300 meters and there the surprise will wait for it. And it is of size this surprise! it even has the size of an adult man. Indeed, perched on a pedestal, be a statue of the christ.

This statue is of foot, rare thing. Make of terracotta, it seems for us of "already view!" it seems to be the same invoice that the statuaries being in the Saint-Marie-Madeleine church of Rennes-Le-Chateau. Indeed, it is of pure style Saint-Sulpicien! Astonishing no ?

But we didn't finish to astonish us in this strange place. Not only it is of pure style Saint-Sulpicien but in more, as made it to me to notice a very good friend, is engraved on the chest of the christ the flaming c.ur of the Sacré Coeur A true signature! On the other hand an astonishing fact is to note, this Christ, the arms between open, had the hands decided by vandals.

Are they really vandals, or didn't they want to make disappear of the details who could have interested good number among us? Or again of what blasphemy has t one wanted to punish the Christ's effigy ?

In the tradition popular Christique, one often represents the Christ the open arms and the hands stretched like to give the accolade. The Christ's hands are generally pierced. But there, in Antugnac, the Christ's hands were they breakthroughs? This was not an element disrupting for some? Alas, it is only hypothesis since I don't possess pictures of the Christ's hands before this stupid deterioration.

But continue our survey around the Christ of Antugnac. The question that we can ask is: "But that he watches? " And well if one positions itself in the axis of its look, one can say that it seems to watch toward the church of the village. But on the other hand we don't fail to be astonished by the landscape that offers itself to us. In first plan, the hill of Rennes-Le-Chateau and in second plan the Castle of the Tipliés.

But advance some meters to recover us of the other quoted of the bouquet of trees being behind the Christ, and although find ourselves? A martyrdom! If one observes it well it doesn't fail to astonish us. First one realizes quickly that it is upside-down in relation to the Christ, or if you prefer they are back to back. Astonishing no? The Christ who turns the back to the Cross must not fail to challenge! But there is even stronger! On this cross are engraved the four letters initial I.N.R.I., and guess what? The N is upside-down! Or rather it was there. Because, as one can see it on the photograph, this N reversed was, lately probably, hammered to make disappear him. Alas for the authors of this deterioration, some pictures had been taken for a long times.

Then us revoilà with a N reversed. And as by chance in a parish where Bérenger Saunière exercised. Luck! Let's will say some, no! Surely not! All these elements have been placed to the places where they are to good knowledge and in all conscience.

Whereas come to make all these N reversed? We must admit well that Bérenger Saunière was in the mobility of a group, discreet, overlook individuals. No! Not the Priory of Son that has been invented, in its modern shape, that to avoid that one discovers this grouping of individuals. But in this case, what is this grouping? Nor rose-cross, nor freemasons, nor other known organism, but rather a grouping of clergymen, within the church, and of people oriented by a certain shape of thought. A grouping of priests, that has a very precise mission within the church. And Bérenger Saunière was one of those there, as well as his brother Alfred.

There is the tie between Rennes-Le-Chateau and Paris: A college of priests that operates on the Razès since centuries and that have for point of command the Saint-Sulpice church of Paris.