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6 unusual facts about Luçon


Catholic Institute of Higher Studies

François Garnier, Bishop of Luçon, became the institutional head of the establishment with the responsibility of maintaining its ecclesiastical membership.

Fabrice Hybert

Fabrice Hybert (born 1961 in Luçon, Vendée) is a French artist.

Louis-Marie Billé

His career in the clergy began on 25 March 1962 when he was ordained priest for the diocese of Luçon.

Luçon Cathedral

Luçon Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Luçon) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, in Luçon in the Vendée.

Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes

At the Concordat, the entire territory of the former diocese of Saintes, less the part comprised in Charente, and belonging to the diocese of Angoulême) and of the diocese of Luçon was added to it.

In 1821 a see was established at Luçon, and had under its jurisdiction, aside from the former Diocese of Luçon, almost the entire former Diocese of Maillezais; so that Maillezais, once transferred to La Rochelle, no longer belongs to the diocese, now known as La Rochelle et Saintes.


Battle of La Tremblaye

On 13 October, Charles de Royrand and his 3,000 men of the Catholic and Royal Army of Centre took refuge in Mortagne after having been pushed back by the Luçon division of general Antoine Bard, strong of 3,500 soldiers who had burnt down Les Herbiers and La Verrie.

Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny

Gaspard Augustin René Bernard de Marigny (2 November 1754, Luçon – 10 July 1794, Combrand) was a French officer and Vendéen general.


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