Denis Auguste Affre
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Denis-Auguste Affre was a French clergyman who served as Archbishop of Paris from 1840 to 1848. He was killed while trying to negotiate peace during the June Days uprising of 1848.
Denis Auguste Affre by Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay
Cénotaphe de Denis Auguste Affre at Notre-Dame-de-Paris.
Denise David displayed behind Notre-Dame Cathedral. The archbishop's niece Marie Caroline Affre appears in the bell's inscription.
June Days uprising
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The June Days were an uprising staged by workers in Paris from 22 to 26 June 1848. It was in response to plans to close the National Workshops, created by the Second Republic in order to provide work
Denis Auguste Affre
…27 June 1848) was a French clergyman who served as Archbishop of Paris from 1840 to 1848. He was killed while trying to negotiate peace during the June Days uprising of 1848. His cause for beatification has commenced and he is therefore titled a Servant of God…
Barricades on rue Faubourg-du-Temple, 25 June 1848. These are the first barricades ever photographed.
Painting of a barricade on Rue Soufflot (with the Panthéon behind), Paris, June 1848. By Horace Vernet.
Rue du Faubourg-du-Temple after the attack by General Lamoricière's troops, 26 June 1848
Relief sculpture on Affre's tomb showing the archbishop at the barricade. The text is from John 10:11 "The good shepherd gives his life for his sheep."