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Born January 9, 1626 • Paris • France
Died October 27, 1700 (aged 74) • abbey of La Trappe • France
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Pope Benedict XII
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Peter Of Castelnau
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St. Robert of Molesme
Roman Catholic saint
Alain de Lille
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Fleury, Claude
Claude Fleury
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Thomas Merton, 1959
Thomas Merton
American writer
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
French aviator
André Siegfried
French political scientist
Édouard Michelin
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Alfred-Guillaume-Gabriel, Count d’Orsay
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Auguste Lumière
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Frédéric Joliot-Curie
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Louis Chantereau Le Febvre
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Christian Lacroix
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Jérôme Tharaud
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