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Also Known As Hugues-Félicité-Robert de Lamennais
Born June 19, 1782 ‱ Saint-Malo ‱ France
Died February 27, 1854 (aged 71) ‱ Paris ‱ France
Founder “L’Avenir”
Notable Works “Des progrĂšs de la rĂ©volution et de la guerre contre l’Église” ‱ “Essai sur l’indiffĂ©rence en matiĂšre de religion”
Subjects Of Study church and state ‱ liberalism ‱ political philosophy

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Félicité Lamennais, oil on canvas by Paulin-Guérin, 1826; in the Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons, France.
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Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France
Leo X
Leo X
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Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
King Philip IV
Philip IV
king of France
Jules, Cardinal Mazarin
Jules, Cardinal Mazarin
French cardinal and statesman
Suger, detail of a stained glass window, 12th century; in the abbey church of Saint-Denis, Fr.
Suger
French abbot
Henry de Guise
Henri I de Lorraine, 3 duc de Guise
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Hincmar of Reims
French theologian
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Charlest, count de Montalember
French politician and historian
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Henri Grégoire
French prelate
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Henri Lacordaire
French priest
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Charles de Lorraine, 2nd cardinal de Lorraine
French cardinal
Ferry
Jules Ferry
French statesman
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Émile Loubet
president of France
Combes, photograph by H. Manuel; in the BibliothĂšque Nationale, Paris
Émile Combes
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Guillaume de Nogaret
French minister
Jean du Bellay, engraving by an unknown French artist, 16th century
Jean du Bellay
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Enguerrand de Marigny
French chamberlain