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Mathieu Elias ou Elyas ou Elie
Mathieu Elias ou Elyas ou Elie
1658 - 1741
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Scene 36: Reception of the heart and head of the Blessed Father Dom Jean de la Barrière, brought from Rome to his Abbey of Feuillants in 1626, where they are carefully preserved along with other relics of the Holy Abbot
Scene 28: The Blessed Abbot having retired to the Château de Montaigu, soldiers of the league arrive to capture him as he leaves. A piece of wood falls from on high and scatters the soldiers and wounds the Holy Abbot, whom they leave for dead; he is miraculously cured and escapes
Scene 31: Foundation of a second Feuillant monastery in Rome, dedicated to Saint Bernard, in 1594, thanks to the generosity of Caterina de' Nobili, niece of Pope Julius III and widow of Count Sforza Sforza di Santa Fiora
Le Bienheureux Jean de la Barrière présente à Henri III le plan du couvent des Feuillants rue Saint-Honoré.
Scene 34: To satisfy the devotion of the people, they are forced to leave the Blessed Abbot's body on display for three days; many miracles are performed
Featured at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
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Carnavalet museum
Paris
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