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Born January 9, 1626 • Paris • France
Died October 27, 1700 (aged 74) • abbey of La Trappe • France
Founder Trappists
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
Pope Benedict XII
Benedict XII
pope
Peter Of Castelnau
French martyr
St. Robert of Molesme
Roman Catholic saint
Alain de Lille
French theologian
Fleury, Claude
Claude Fleury
French priest and historian
Thomas Merton
American writer
Alfred-Guillaume-Gabriel, Count d’Orsay
French noble
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
French aviator
Édouard Michelin
French industrialist
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
French aviator
André Siegfried
French political scientist
Auguste Lumière
French inventor
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
French chemist
Serge Klarsfeld
French political activist
Charles-Marie Vanel
French actor
Thomas Bangalter
French musician
Étienne-Marcel Decroux
French mime
Christian Lacroix
French fashion designer
Jérôme Tharaud
French writer

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