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5 unusual facts about Cahors


Anatole de Monzie

Successively, and very often simultaneously, he became counsellor, general, mayor of Cahors (the local prefecture), deputy and senator.

Gauscelin de Jean

He was born at Cahors in the family related (by the marriage alliance) to the family of Pope John XXII.

Louis Darquier de Pellepoix

Louis Darquier, better known under his assumed name Louis Darquier de Pellepoix (19 December 1897, Cahors – 29 August 1980, near Málaga, Spain) was Commissioner for Jewish Affairs under the Vichy Régime.

Matieu de Caersi

he was Mayestre Matieus de Caersi, that is, a master of arts from Quercy, possibly Cahors.

Patrick Bath

F.X. Martin wrote of him – “Though Bath died at Cahors in 1607, before the Irish Mission became a reality, he brought prestige to the Irish Capuchins by his appointment as guardian of the friary at Namur. His prominence among the Capuchins was due to the fact that a bare nine months after profession he was appointed lector of philosophy in the Capuchin study house newly opened at Louvain.” (p. 9).


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