© ReneautPL - Spherical
© ReneautPL - Spherical
Medallion - Denys Auguste Affre
1848 year| - | 3.9 g | 24 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Period | Second Republic (1848-1852) |
| Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1848 |
| Weight | 3.9 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Round with a loop |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#230394 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 94% |
Reverse
Between two fins
Script: Latin
Lettering: MORT POUR L’AMOUR DE DIEU ET DES FRANÇAIS LE 27 JUIN 1848
Comment
This archbishop had a tragic fate, as Wikipedia tells us: "During the uprisings of June 1848, he believed that his presence near the barricades could be a means of restoring peace. He told General Louis Eugène Cavaignac, who warned him of the dangers he was running. He replied, "My life is of little value, but I'll gladly risk it.On June 25, the firing having ceased at his request, he appeared on the barricade at the entrance to Faubourg Saint-Antoine, accompanied by M. Albert of the National Guard, dressed as a workman and carrying a green branch as a sign of peace, and by Pierre Sellier, a servant who was devoted to him. His two vicars-general, Antoine Jaquemet and Jules Ravinet, future bishops of Nantes and Troyes, were also present at the scene, but were separated from him in the confusion.
He was greeted in a stupor, but no sooner had he uttered a few words than a shot (by accident?) rang out from the National Guard lines, reigniting hostilities. The archbishop was hit by a stray bullet (although it is still unclear which side it came from), and "there is every reason to believe that he was the victim of an accident, not an assassination", wrote the National. He was taken to the presbytery of Saint-Antoine, and brought back to the bishop's palace the following day, where he died on June 27, at around 4:30 am. His last words were a quotation from the Gospel of John, followed by a plea for peace: "The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep, let my blood be the last to be shed". The next day, the National Assembly voted the following tribute: "The National Assembly considers it its duty to proclaim its religious gratitude and deep sorrow for the devotion and saintly heroic DEATH of Monseigneur the Archbishop of Paris.
The official funeral, on July 7, was a moving spectacle. Some biographies speak of 200,000 people following the procession. The archbishop's heart was placed in an urn for safekeeping in the Carmes chapel (Source Wikipedia).
