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“They were determined to execute them”: the Carmelites of Compiègne, guillotined under the Terror, whose martyrdom inspired the most performed opera in the world

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In 1794, at the height of the violent de-Christianization movement initiated in France by the revolutionaries, 16 of the 19 nuns of the Carmel of Compiègne were guillotined after a trial on charges of fanaticism. In 1947, Georges Bernanos wrote “Dialogues of the Carmelites” based on their story. Ten years later, Francis Poulenc made it the most performed opera in the world. That's the Sunday story.See the Story

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Firefighters hit by mortars in Oise, “an act of extreme gravity”

Intervened to extinguish the flames on two vehicles set on fire in Compiègne, the Oise firefighters were targeted by mortar fire on the night of 12 to 13 December.See the Story

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