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Aug 24, 2013

Stamps of France: Jean-Jacques Renouard

 JEAN-JACQUES RENOUARD (24 June 1607 – 5 March 1691) Jean-Jacques Renouard, seigneur de Villayer, born in Nantes and died in Paris, France, was a member of the French Conseil d'État, which had been delegated special legal authorities by the absolutist reigning King Louis XIV. In 1653 as the tenant of the Paris City Post, Renouard de Villayer ordered letter...

Stamps of France: Saint-Denis Cathedral

CATHEDRAL OF SAINT-DENIS The Cathedral of Saint-Denis, French: Cathédrale royale de Saint-Denis, or simply Basilique Saint-Denis (previously the Abbaye de Saint-Denis) is a large medieval abbey church in the commune of Saint-Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris. The abbey church was created a cathedral in 1966 and is the seat of the Bishop of Saint-Denis. The...