2023-04-26 01:05:00
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PODCAST. Before going on a crusade, Louis IX puts his kingdom under the protection of the 22 relics of Jesus bought for a fortune in Constantinople
Par Frédéric Lewino et Gwendoline Dos Santos
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In the year of grace 1248, Louis IX, the future Saint Louis, entered his twenty-second year of reign although he was only 34 years old. He is about to leave for his first crusade to thank God for having saved him during a severe attack of dysentery four years earlier. On April 26, he inaugurates the Sainte-Chapelle which he intends to house the numerous relics of the Passion that he has collected over the past few years.
His first acquisition is the Holy Crown of Thorns. In 1237, he learned that the Emperor of Constantinople Baudouin II de Courtenay had placed it as a pawn with a Venetian merchant. As he is financially unable to recover the holy relic, the King of France offers to do so in his place. What he did in August 1238 against the enormous sum of 40,000 li…
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