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Armand-Jean Le Bouthillier de Rancé
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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
André Siegfried
French political scientist
Serge Klarsfeld
French political activist
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
French chemist
Auguste Lumière
French inventor
Henri Toutin
French artist
Jérôme Tharaud
French writer
Charles-Marie Vanel
French actor
Étienne-Marcel Decroux
French mime
Louis Chantereau Le Febvre
French historian
Christian Lacroix
French fashion designer

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