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Eugène Charles Miroy

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Nationality
  
French

Other names
  
Abbe Miroy


Occupation
  
Priest

Name
  
Eugene Miroy

Eugene Charles Miroy

Born
  
November 12, 1828 (
1828-11-12
)
Mouzon, Ardennes, France

Died
  
February 1, 1871(1871-02-01) (aged 42) Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Eugène Charles Miroy (November 12, 1828 – February 12, 1871), also known as Abbé Miroy, was a French Catholic priest who was executed by the Prussian military during the armistice following the Franco-Prussian War.

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Miroy was the Curate of Cuchery. Following the signature of the armistice agreement, Prussian forces accused Miroy of having sheltered Francs-tireurs in his rectory, and of having hidden armaments in the altar of his church.

Miroy is buried in the Cimitière du Nord in Reims, beneath a bronze recumbent statue sculpted by René de Saint-Marceaux. His tomb became a symbol of the French Resistance, and the municipality of Reims lays a wreath upon his grave at the annual commemoration of the liberation of the city.

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Eugène Charles Miroy Wikipedia