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2 unusual facts about Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes


Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes

On 29 December 1808, he was taken prisoner in the action of Benavente by the British cavalry under Henry Paget (later Lord Uxbridge, and subsequently Marquess of Anglesey).

François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo

Haxo was part of the Council of War called upon to judge General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes and voted for his death.


Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre

Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre was born in Tourcoing, and studied at the Catholic University of Lille, and the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical French Seminary in Rome.

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He is buried at the Cathedral of Saint-Étienne.

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Lefèbvre resigned as Bourges' archbishop on October 10, 1969, and died in that same city at age 81.

Paris Métro Line 12

It is also connected to the Petite Ceinture, a minor disused railway, by tracks which cross Rue Desnouettes.

Pietro Palazzini

On October 14, 1968, Palazzini issued their official views together with Charles Journet, Joseph Frings, Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, Ermenegildo Florit, Michael Browne, and


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