Cimetière de Saint-Ouen - The Saint-Ouen cemetery is located just north of Montmartre at Saint-Ouen, near Paris, France. Montmartre is a hill (the butte Montmartre) which is 130 metres high giving its name to the surrounding district in the north of Paris in the 18th Saint-Ouen is a commune of the Seine-Saint-Denis located in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The cemetery consists of two parts. A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The first, located on Rue Adrien Lesesne opened in 1860 and the second at 2 Avenue Michelet was opened on September 1, 1872. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year
The cemetery is popular with devout Roman Catholics. On May 24, 1431, Joan of Arc was led to the Saint-Ouen cemetery for the public renunciation of her sins but she retracted her confession. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' As a result, she was retried as a relapsed heretic before the secular court. Heresy is an introduced change to some system of belief especially a religion that conflicts with the previously established canon of that belief On May 30, in front of a large crowd, Joan was burned alive at the stake by the Church and English authorities. On July 7, 1456, Joan of Arc was formally rehabilitated in a solemn ceremony at the Saint-Ouen cemetery following the retrial held at the Archbishops Palace. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death
A few of the famous buried in the Saint-Ouen Cemetery:
- Alphonse Allais, (1854-1905) writer
- Mireille Balin, (1911-1968) actress
- Louis Garnie, (1862-1923) composer
- Marcelle Géniat, (1881-1959) actress
- Lily Laskine, (1893-1988) harpist
- Suzanne Lenglen, (1899-1938) tennis champion
- Alfred Manessier, (1911-1993) painter
- Jules Pascin, (1885-1930) painter, "Prince of Montparnasse"
- Émile-Alexandre Taskin, (1853-1897) opera singer
- Jean Tissier, (1896-1973) actor
- Suzanne Valadon, (1865-1938) painter
See also
Alphonse Allais ( October 20, 1854 - October 28, 1905) was a French writer and Humorist born in Honfleur Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lily Laskine ( August 31 1893 - January 4 1988) was one of the most prominent Harpists of the twentieth century Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen ( 24 May 1899 &ndash 4 July, 1938) was a French Tennis player who won 31 Grand Slam Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Julius Mordecai Pincas ( March 31, 1885  – June 5, 1930) known as Pascin, Jules Pascin, or the "Prince of Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Suzanne Valadon ( 23 September 1865 &ndash 7 April 1938) was a French painter. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This list of cemeteries compiles notable cemeteries, Mausoleums and other places people are buried, worldwide.
© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
network: | |