Anne Oakley - Hon. Pasteur French Church,Canterbury.
Celebrating the Birthday of Odet de Coligny 500 years ago.
Anne Oakley - Hon. Pasteur French Church, Canterbury. Celebrating the Birthday of Odet de Coligny 500 years ago. He was a Cardinal, Bishop of Beauvais but also a Huguenot. He came to England to talk with Elizabeth 1st about giving refuge to French Huguenots and freedom from religious persecution. He died at Canterbury - rumour has it that he may have been poisoned by Catholics. He was buried in a very simple tomb in the expectation that his family would claim his remains and take them back to France. This never happened and his simple tomb still stands in the Trinity Chapel of Canterbury Cathedral. His brother Admiral Gaspard de Coligny was the first victim of the Eve of St. Bartholemew Massacre dying on 24th August 1572.
