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...