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    Jean Soanen (1647–1740) was a French Oratorian and bishop of Senez. He was a convinced Jansenist. In opposition to the papal bull Unigenitus, he with...
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    condemned by Rome. He was also part of the 'Appelant' movement alongside Jean Soanen, Pierre de La Broue and Pierre de Langle, calling for a church council...
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    he held at Embrun from 16 August to 28 September 1727, he suspended Jean Soanen, Bishop of Senez, a prelate eighty years of age, who had appealed against...
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    nevertheless, Senez must have been an episcopal city as early as 439. Jean Soanen, the Oratorian, noted for his opposition to the papal bull Unigenitus...
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    innocent child and the pilgrim. Between 1727 and 1740, the Jansenist bishop Jean Soanen was exiled to the abbey. French pianist Georges Cziffra started an annual...
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    town again in 1630. The Jansenist bishop Jean Soanen tried to make the celebrations of Saint-Sacrement, Saint-Jean and Saint-Éloi more sedate and less unbridled...
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    Blaise Pascal, author of the Pensées (1623–62); the Arnauld family, and Jean Soanen (1647–1740), Bishop of Senez, famous for his stubborn opposition to the...
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    after Rigaud, engraved for his reception plate at the Academy in 1720 Jean Soanen, Bishop of Senez, made from the life 1716 An embematical Subject, representing...
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    continued until the French Revolution. In 1703 the Bishop of Senez, Jean Soanen destroyed the menhir. The plague of 1720 did not reach Barrême, perhaps...
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    fought against Jansenism. He attended, 1727, the Synod of Embrun where Jean Soanen was condemned. He opposed with all his power Colbert of Pamiers. In spite...
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