In the mystery of
Rennes-le-Ch?teau, an enormous attention is reserved for a small group of people. Top of the list, the man who incarnates the mystery like anybody other:
B?renger Sauni?re. Some of his close friends, often of the priests, shared ?the adventure? with him.
Henri Boudet, the priest of
Rennes les Bains, was those and with the eyes of some, his Master. Its book, ?
the True Celtic Language?, was intensively studied.
Antoine G?lis, priest of the village close to
Coustaussa, was assassinated in odd circumstances. On second-row forward: Marie Denarnaud, the maidservant of Salt box; Monseigneur
Billard, the bishop who seemed to approve his work and Monseigneur
De Beaus?jour, his successor who took it along to the lawsuit to the Ecclesiastical Court.
Only two people could be capable knowledge what it was and where was the material treasure and if there were one of them, the immaterial one too. It is of
B?renger Sauni?re himself and his maidservant
Marie Denarnaud. Salt box was confessed before dying but it is completely dubious of knowing what it said to his colleague the Abbot
Rivi?reof
Esp?raza. If he said something,
Rivi?re appears to have made wish listen to it under the seal of confession.
Marie Denarnaud died more than thirty years in January 1953. She had spoken about the secrecy of Salt box only in very vague terms, letting suggest with people whom they went on gold without the knowledge and whom Sauni?re could have nourished the whole village for a long moment.
All was not studied in the enigma of
Sauni?re. Remain probably one or two not exploited ways of investigation. Here is one.
Grassaud, the best friendI think that some probably knew at least part of the secrecies of
Sauni?re. The first candidate is sometimes mentioned but none the major investigations treated its life or of its contribution. Perhaps this is false. With which type of man would entrust one his secrecies? With his best friend. Except his brother
Alfred, died in 1905,
B?renger Sauni?re another true friend has: the abbot
Eugene Grassaud. This one advised
Sauni?re on many occasions and for all kinds of matters.
In fact, their links were so close that it took council with
Marie D?narnaud well after the departure of
Sauni?re. He frequently wrote to him, helping it financially and seeking a purchaser for the field of
Rennes-le Ch?teau. What a irony!
This excellent friend wanted to give councils financier to
Marie because she refused or because she was unable to go to puncture in the resources of Salt box even if all the possessions of the Abbot were left to him in heritage.
Obviously, it knew what was and where the treasure was, but it destroyed any proof and refused to approach it. Such an occasion was when
Antoine Beaux, abbot of
Campagne on
Aude was awaited to dine with the table on
Sauni?re. It pointed out: ?my friend, to see the way in which you go, one could think that you found a treasure?. With this, the host is famous to have answered: ?me l'an donat, l'ai panat, l'ai parat ? b? lo t?ni ?. In French, that wants to say: ?They gave it to me, I took it, I preserved it; h? well I hold it well?.
Grassaud, in detailGuillaume Joseph Eugene Grassaud was born in
St-Juste it
Bezu in 1859. These parents
Baptiste Grassaud and
Marie-Louise Flemish were very respected members of this community. The young person
Eugene Grassaud was intended to go to school of the Seminar and after was allowed in
Saint Sulpice in
Paris, where it obtained a doctorate in theology. Little time afterwards, it turned over in the south of France to give course to
Perpignan. In 1900, he became the priest of
Am?lie-les-Bains, for finally settling in
St-Paul de Fenouillet in 1908.
Grassaud was a man scholar.
Sanuni?re obviously kept it in a very high respect. It gave him a piece of the treasure of the church of
Rennes-le-Ch?teau: a gold chalice of great quality, given to the church by the order of the
Knights of Malta in the neighborhoods of 1750 (and hidden in the church by its successor
Antoine Bigou before it leaves for
Spain during the Revolution in 1792). One puts the question why
Knights of Malta gave such a chalice to
Rennes-le-Ch?teau. It was
Eugene Grassaud who proposed in
Sauni?re to take
Eugene Huguet to defend it during the lawsuits of
Carcassonne, which upsets the life of
Sauni?re between 1908 and 1915.
Its ministry at St Paul de Fenouillet Many people always living with
Saint-Paul de Fenouillet have a sharp memory of the
Grassaud Abbot. In fact, it made enough impression to have a place on the side of the church which is dedicated to him since 1972. Its name also decorates the close hearth, housing of the small school of Sunday.
Grassaud was a man educated on many points. He was a documentalist and a fanatic historian, who sought in the history of the village and his environments. Its personal library contained many rare medieval works that he studied during long periods. He wrote in antiquated Latin.
The church of the 14th century of
St Paul de Fenouillet was very important for him. It went until buying the neighbouring houses, demolishing the slums immediately around the building. It gave up its functions in 1945, when it felt its end to arrive. He died one year afterwards in the village of
Caudi?s de Fenouill?des, where his brother practiced medicine in the family home.
During its life,
Grassaud carried out many work in its church. Besides the restorations, new statues and a new confessional, he added the many ones and enormous frescos painted on the walls. Unfortunately, they were covered after its death because the villagers did not like them much. What points out today an extraordinary church with the many ones and beautiful pictures?
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