Jacques Cœur
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Jacques Cœur was a French government official and state-sponsored merchant whose personal fortune became legendary and led to his eventual disgrace. He initiated regular trade routes between France and the Levant. His memory retains iconic status in Bourges, where he built a palatial house that is preserved to this day.
Presumed portrait of Jacques Cœur, at his palace in Bourges
Jacques Cœur's motto, "To the brave hearts nothing is impossible" (à vaillans coeurs riens impossible), in the Bourges palace’s chapel. The word coeurs is displayed ideogrammatically
Old house in Bourges that was formerly thought to be Jacques Cœur's birthplace
Overdoor sculpture of one of Jacques Cœur's galleys, in his palace in Bourges
The Diocese of Luçon is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its see is Luçon Cathedral in the commune of Luçon. The diocese comprises the department of Vendée. Created in 1317 out of the diocese of Poitiers, its existence was interrupted during the French Revolution, but it was restored in 1821, along with the Bourbon restoration.
