Bernard Pftliaiy, the famous artist in ceramics (1610- 00), was one of the foundeis of the Protestant Iteform Church of Saintes, and his atelier was about 1562 a ■ecret asMmblT-place of (he Huguenots; for this he 'was summoned Defore the Parleoient. Aside from the Basilica of St. Eutropiua, the principal pilgrimages of the dioceee are: Our Lady of Corme- Ecluse, near Saujon; Our Lady of Pity, at Citiix-Gente (twelfth century); Our Laay of Seven Sorrows, at Jaugou.
There were in the Dioceae of La Rochelle. when the Associations Law was enforced, Lazarists, Little Brathera of Mary, Marianists, Children of Mary Im- maculate, and a local congregation called the Broth- ere of St. Francis of Assisi, known as ' ' farming broth' ere"; this congregation, founded in 1841 by Pore Deahayea, then superior general of the Mi""';~."f
instruction of foundlings. Three congregati_._. __
women trace their origin to this diocese; the Provi-
dence Sisters of St. Jopeph, a teaching order founded
at La Rochelle in 1668 by Isatielle Mauriet; Providence
Sisters of St. Mary, a teaching onier founded in 181 8,
with the mother-house at Raintes; Ursulines of the
Sacred Heart, a nursing and teaching order, founded
in 1807 by Pfre Charles Barreaud, with mother-house
at Pons. In 1900, before the Associations Iaw, the
religious congregations had in the diocese one
cr^be, 34 day nurseries, one convalescent home for
children, an institute for the blind, an agricultural
settlement for boys, 8 orphanages for girls, an indus-
trial room, a society for the preservation of young
Rirfa from danger, 14 hospitals, homes, and asylums
for the aged, 18 convents of visiting nurses, 2 houses
of retreat, and an insane asylum. In 1905 (last year
of the Concordat) the Diocese of La Rochelle had 452,-
149 inhabitants, 46 parishes, 326 succursal churches,
GaUia Chriitiarui. Wota. II (IT^), 1053, 1093 nod instrvm..
1S7-Se: DccBSBHi, Fatla tirucopaux di I'ancifnne Uaulf. II.
7J-7b and 138-3^: Bbiakd. HiHoirt dt I'^ltn tanloni H auni-
■ ■- ■-"--'- -•e.ltM5-46); BuN-
, . Um pour I'huliiire dti iiociia dt tiainta etdtta tiothtlk
(Parii. 1SS2): Ideu. Abbaut dt Notrt-Damt dt SainU". hisloiri H donrnwrUf (Paris, 1884!; BiinH.iT, Dt adminiilTalimt Ur- rarvn Smttomnuii abbatia, IOi7-tttO (Ia RwheLle. 1901): Ai-DUr. La diod- dt SainUi au XVIIf liMe (Paris, IHM): Palatsi, Btmard Faliny tt Id d»uU de la Rfformt m Sainionet (Cabon. 1899); CoDBFBOM, Euai tur fhtnloirr du protrtlan-
HulnniUUlioch.lU.i3. Dsnti B'Aniuii i3 vols.. Pari.. ISSO- 0OJ; D> La GiuvlEKB, Let orvinrt dt ia mdrinF fntn^aitt tt la laetigue naturdU: U ritgt de La Rotkrlle (Paris, IS91): Boiio- CAHAcm. Let demiem tempt du tH^e tU La RoehtUf, rtlatifm du noneeofaj^itiqui: Guidi IVarit. Ili99); LAKOm-n, Quat oh amtai ntpdUtuit rttpitblva prr—^' " ' " — *"" -'^'"" " Topo-BM., a. V, SiHJuUt.
I (La Rochella. 1
Geo ROBS Goyao.
L& Bocqne, Pavl. See Shbrbrooke, Diocxbe op.
LuTBJ, Dominhjdb-Jban, Baron, French military turgeon, b. at Baudfan, Hautes-I*}' rinses,' July, 1766; d. at Lyons, 25 July, 1842, His parents were so poor that he obtained his preliminary education only through the kindness of the village priest. After the death of his father, when the boy was thirteen years of age, he was sent to his uncle Dr. Oscar Larrey, a suc- cessful surgeon of Toulouse. The surgical anility of the family had already been, established by his elder brotjiar, Charles-Fran cois-Hil aire Larrey, recognised ss an able surgeon and writer on surgery. At the age of twenty-one the youn^r Larrey went to Paris, and »fter a brilliant competitive examination entered the navy. Later he became a pupil of DessaulU He ioiued thearmyiu 1792, and the next year established the ambiilanct volante (Sying ambulsnce), a corps of turveonsand nuraea whowent into battle with the men and tended to their wounds on the battle-6eld as far as waa possible. For this be was made surgeon-in-ehief •Dd accompanied Napoleon on his expedition into Bf^t. He became a great favourit« with Napoleon
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for his devotion to duty. He was noted not only fw his care of the wounded soldiers during and after tlw battles^ but also for his care of the health of the troC^Ml at all times. Friends or enemies all received the sama devoted attention. For distinguished courage he was made a baron by Napoleon on the field of Wagram in 1S09. He was wounded at Austerlitz and at Waterloo- He made many ingenious and important inventions in operations, and significant advances in clinicalsurgery. His observations in medicine and on the health of troops during campaigns were scarcely less valuable- Some of his suggestions on medicine and surgery are still used. "It ever", said Napoleon, "the soldiers erect a statue it should be to Baron Larrey, the moat virtuous man I have ever known." He has two mon- uments, one erected in 1850 in the court of the Val-de- Gr&ce military hospital, Paris, and the other in tha hall of the Academy of Medicine, The American sur- geon Agnew said of him: "As an ojierator judicious but bold and rapid; calm and self-pc in every emergency; but full of feeling and tenderiie™. He stands among the military surgeons where Napo- leon stands among the generals, the first and the great- est." His attachment to his profession was only ex- ceeded by his patriotism. After the exile of Napoleon, deprived of nis honours and emoluments, though solicited by the Emperor of Russia and by Peilro I of Braiil to take charge of their armies with high rank, he refused to leave his native land. One of his special pleasures at the end of his life was a meeting with the AbUfi de Grace, the preceptor of his early years, whom be held in higii veneration. His works have been a favourite study of the surgeons of all nations during the nineteenth century. Moat of them have been translated into all modern languages. His principal works are: "Relation histor. et ciiirurg. de VexpAii- tion de Tarm^e d'Orient en Egypt* et enSyrie" (Paris, 1803), translated into EngUsh and German; "Clinique cbirurgicale dans les camps et hdpitaux miUtaires"; "Surgical Memoirs of Campaigns: Russia, Germany, France" (Philadelphia, 1832); "Cholera Morbus, Mi- moire" (Paris, 1831). The principal w -'----■-.'._... ,.., ... ._
Larue, Charles de, b. 29 July, 16S.5 (some say 12
July, 1684), at Corbie, in France; d. 5 Oct., 1739, at
St. Germain-des-Pr^s. Very early he displayed talent
in the study of
languages and signs of a religious vocation. He took the habit of St. Benedict in the Abbey of St. Faro at Meaux, and made his re- ligious profession on 21 Nov., 1703. Ho then studied philosophy and theology, and in 1712 was sent to
Dom Bernard de Montfaucon in his literary work The latter soon bad a true esti- mate of his young assistant, and set him to work at editing all the worksofOri^n, except the" HexapUi". Lame worked with energy; in 1725 printingwas begun, and eight yesM later two volumes appeared with a dedication to Pope Clement XII. Id the prsEace Larue gives the v«riQUI
