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AFFRE, DENIS AUGUSTE (1793-1848) , archbishop of Paris, was born at St Rome, in the department of Tarn , on the 27th of September 1793. He was educated for the priesthood at St Sulpice, where in 1818 he became professor of dogmatic theology. After filling a number of ecclesiastical offices, he was elevated to the archbishopric of Paris in 1840. Though opposed to the government of Louis Philippe, he took no part in politics, but devoted himself to his pastoral
work
barricade at the entrance to the Faubourg St Antoine
were betrayed, opened fire upon the national guard, and the archbishop fell, struck by a stray bullet. He was removed to his palace, where he died on the 27th of June 1848. Next day the National Assembly issued a decree expressing their great
treatises
system
See Ricard
Lille
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