Myriel used his own silver candlesticks to redeem Jean Valjean; and, Miollis used his own silver coin to redeem the church and the presbytery of the sanctuary of Notre-Dame du Laus.
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After he had been appointed to Digne in 1805, Bishop de Miollis at his own expense bought back the church and the presbytery of the sanctuary of Notre-Dame du Laus, which had been confiscated during the French Revolution.