Léon-Adolphe Amette, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic cardinal
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Place of Birth: Douville, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Léon-Adolphe Amette
- Leon Adolphe Amette (6 September 1850 Douville-sur-Andelle, Eure – 29 August 1920 Antony, Hauts-de-Seine) was a French Catholic cardinal, and was archbishop of Paris 1908–1920. He was created cardinal in 1911 (cardinal priest, title of S.
- Sabina), and participated in the 1914 conclave, which elected Pope Benedict XV.
- He consecrated the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in 1919.
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