"He was, in the nineteenth century, a superb type of the valiant knight, devoted heart and soul to the defence of the pope's temporal sovereignty, and consecrated himself to that cause in the same spirit which actuated the Crusades of the Middle Ages."
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Pierre-Louis-Théophile-Georges Goyau, Baron Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
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Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie
Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie (18 September 1832 – 9 October 1911) was a French general.
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