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Should St. Louis take down the statue of its anti-Semitic namesake? Activists say yes.
King Louis IX of France, who reigned in the 1200s ... (JTA) — On top of a hill in front of an art museum in the biggest park in St. Louis stands a statue of an anti-Semite.
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Louis IX, King of France
In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a carved shield with the coat of arms of St Louis (Louis IX), King of France (1214-1270). The shield shows "azure, a semee de lys or" although there is ...
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Catholic archdiocese defends statue of King Louis IX, the namesake of St. Louis, who persecuted Jews
(JTA) — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis issued an ... Church canonized Louis IX, including his charitable work with the poor and his reforms to France’s judicial system.
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