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Catholic archdiocese defends statue of King Louis IX, the namesake of St. Louis, who persecuted Jews
A day earlier, hundreds gathered by the statue in a park for protests defending and opposing it. (JTA) — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis issued an emphatic defense of that city’s ...
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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, burned the Talmud and ordered the expulsion of his Jewish subjects. (JTA) — On top of a hill in front of an art museum in the biggest park in ...
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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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The Enqueteurs: Louis IX’s Messengers
Such a conviction has historical parallels—the thirteenth century had its own version of the ombudsman, the enquêteurs, who were instituted by the King himself. In 1247 Louis IX of France created ...
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Saint Louis Capuchin Church
Built in 1864 by the Capuchin missionaries, it was named in honor of King Louis IX of France; a notable feature is the holy mass cited in French. It was the first monument to be restored after the ...