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ages, and was the occasion of seven congresses. Leo XIII sent jMgr Ciocci, pontifical master of cere- monies, to preside at the solemn recognition of the relics of St. Remigius and their transfer to a new chasse. The same pope granted to France tlie privi- lege of a national jubilee, and wrote a Latin "Ode to France", which was the inspiration of Theodore Du- bois's oratorio "The Baptism of Clovis". The hos- pital of Saint-Marcoul was founded in 164.5 by Mar- guerite Rousselet for cases of contagious scrofula — i. e. tuberculosis. It was the first institution to practise isolation of tuberculosis patients.

The coronation of Charles VII at Reims (17 July, 1429), brought about by Joan of Arc, is an historical event of especial importance. Joan's father was pres- ent at the ceremony, and had his lodgings at Reims in the "Hotel de I'Ane Raye"; the archives of the city still preserve the accounts of expenses incurred for liis entertainment. Joan wrote from Reims (17 July) a letter t.. Philip the Gud.l, Duke of Burgund), inviting him to mab ' peace; in August,

1429, and March,

1430, she WTote from Bray-sur-Seine and from Sully three letters to her "very dear and good friends and loyal Frencli- men, dwelling in the city of Reims", ex- horting them not to lose heart under the renewed menaces of the Dukeof Burgundy and the English.

The Abbey ui Hautvilliers, in tln' Diocese of Reims, wastheoriginalhomo of the heretic Gott- schalk. Besidesthesaints already mentioned, thefollow- ing are esjiecially honoured in the diocese : St. Gertrude, virgin antl martyr (d. 362) ; St. Paul of Reims, solitary at Glanum (now Saint-Remy) in Provence, then Bishop of Trois Chateaux (second half of the fourth century ) ; St. Victor of Mouzon and his sister Suzanne, martyrs in 420; St. Emilius, father of St. Remigius; St. Celina, his mother; St. Principius, his brother; St. Bal- samia, his nurse; St. Celsinus, his foster brother; Sts. Lupus, Bishop of Soissons, and Genebald, Bishop of Laon, his nephews; St. Latro, his grandnephew (all sixth-century) ; the. saintsofthelittle Iri.sh colony which St. Remigius established in the valley of the Marne; St. Gibrien, his brothers Sts. Helan, Tresain, Germanus, Veran, Abran, and Petran, and his sisters Sts. Francle, Prompta, and Posenna (sixth century); St. Thierry, St. Remigias's deacon, and Abbot of Mont d'Hor near Reims (d. c. 533); St. Rogatian, Count of Rethel, converted by St. Remigius, and his son St. Arnould, who was perhaps Bishop of Tours, and was assassi- nated at Reims; St. Leonard, adiscipleof St. Remigius, who refused a bishopric offered to him by Clovis and died a solitary in the Diocese of Limoges (sixth cen- tury); St. Bertaud (472-.54.5), a Scotchman (Scotus) by origin, solitary at Chaumont-Porcien, his friend St. Aumond, Bishop of Terouane, and his disciples Sts. Olive and Libdrete (sixth centurj'); St. Attolus, dis- ciple of St. Remigius, founder of twelve hospitals, his son St. Elan, and his daughter St. Euphrasia (sixth century); St. Theodulph (d. 590), Abbot of Mont d'Hor, who left among the neighbouring populations such a reputation as a ploughman that his plough was preserved as a relic; St. Basle the hermit, a great pro-

tector of animals, and his disciple St. Sindulph (sixth century); St. Walfroy, monk at Ivois (sixth century); St. Baudry and his sister St. Bode, children of Sige- bert. King of Austrasia, founders of the monastery of Saint-Pierre-les-Dames at Reims, and their niece St. Dode, abbess of the monasterj- (seventh century) ; St. Gombert, missionary in Scotland and martyr, and his wife St. Bertha, foundress of the Abbey of Avenay, who was assassinated (seventh centurj-); St. Merofi- lain, Irish priest, killed near Reims (eighth or ninth century); the shepherd St. Juvinus, solitary (d. 961); St. Flotilda, ecstatic (tenth century); Blessed Odo, Canon of Reims, b. 1042, at Chatillon sur Marne, prior of Binson (a priory the chapel of which still exists and was restored by Cardinal Langenieux), afterwards pope under the name of Urban II, whose cultus, existing from time immemorial, was recognized by the Sacred Congregation of Rites, 12 July, 1881, at the petition of Car- dinal Langenieux; St. Maurilis of Reims, Archbishop of Rouen (105.5-67); St. Gervinus, Canon of Reims, Abbot of S. Riquier (d. 1073); Ven. Richard (d. 1046), Canon of Reims, Abbot of Saint Vanne at Ver- d u n, ambassador from the Emperor Henry to King Rob- ert, and to whom, in concert with St. Odilo, Abbot of Cluny, is due tlje adoption in Neustria of the "Peace of God"; St. Albert, Bishop of Liege, as- sassinated at Reims in 1192 by par- tisans of the Em- peror Henry VI; St. Gerard, Canon of Reims, Bishop of Cambria (d. 1048); Blessed Roger, an English- man by origin, first abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Elan (d. 1175); Blessed Roland, Cistercian monk of Chehery (d. 1160) ; Blessed Humbert (d. 1148), Guerric (d. 1157), and Minoculus (d. 1186), abbots of the Cis- tercian abbey of Igny, the last-named of whom was sent bj' Pope Lucian as ambassador to the Emperor of Germanv and died Abbot of Clair\-aux; St. John Baptist de La Salle (1651-1719), b. at Reims, Canon of Reims, founder of the Institute of Christian Broth- ers; Ven. Jacques Lion (1671-1738), a native of Fumay, Hieronymite monk.

Among the distinguished persons connected with this diocese may also be mentioned: Dora Marlot (1596-1667), the Benedictine, b. at Reims, and the author of a history of the city which is still authori- tative; Petau (1583-16.52), the first to be honoured with a professorship of rhetoric in the Jesuit college at Reims; Colbert (1619-83), the famous minister, b. at Reims; Mabillon (1632-1707), b. at St. Pierre- mont; Ruinart (1657-1709), author of the "Acta MartyTum", b. at Reims; the Abbe Pluche (1688- 1761), b. at Reims, professor in the college of Reims, author of the "Spectacle de la Nature" and the "Histoire du Ciel"; Tronson Ducoudray (17.50- 98), who defended Marie Antoinette; Linguet (1736-94), the controversialist who publicly defended the Jesuits after their expulsion from France; An- quetil, director of the Seminary of Reims, and author of a historj' of the city (17.56).

Besides the tomb of St. Remigius, the principal pilgrimages of the diocese are: Our Lady of Hope,