File:Gaspard de Coligny panel - Joseph of Arimathea Chapel - National Cathedral - DC.JPG
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English: Tablet honoring the famous Huguenot leader, Admiral Gaspard Coligny, in the south wall of the corridor south of the St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel on the crypt level of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
Coligny was a Huguenot, a French Protestant who adhered to the teachings of John Calvin. A soldier and member of the nobility, he proved himself on the battlefield in 1543 and 1544 when Henry VIII of England invaded France as part of the so-called "Italian War" of 1551-1559 He was named an "Admiral" of the Army (similar to "Marshal of France"). He was captured by the Spanish during the siege of Saint-Quentin in 1557. At some point prior to 1578, he became a Huguenot, and began corresponding with French theologian John Calvin. He secretly attempted to establish Huguenot colonies in the New World. The French king, Henry II, died unexpectedly in an accident in a jousting tournament in1559. His teenage sons were deeply influenced by Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry II's widow, Catherine de Medici. Soon, civil war broke out in France between Protestants and Catholics. Wars occurred in 1562, 1567, and 1568. Peacde was restored in 1570, and the 41-year-old Coligny became increasingly close to the young new king, 10-year-old Charles IX. This was opposed by Catherine de Medici. Furthermore, the Duke of Guise believed that Coligny had ordered the assassination of his father during the siege of Orléans in 1562. Hundreds of Protestant and Catholic French noblemen went to Paris in 1572 to attend the wedding of Henry de Bourbon, heir to the throne of Navarre and a leading Huguenot. Early in morning of August 24, 1572, the Duke of Guise murdered Coligny and threw his body into the street. A Catholic mob tore the body apart, and then began a five-day massacre of the Huguenots. the violence spread throughout France, and more than 10,000 Huguenots were murdered. It would not be until 1598 that Protestants in France would have peace and full civil rights. Even then, after a few decades the civil rights of Protestants in France would erode, and by 1685 nearly all of them would be killed or expelled. France has almost no Protestant citizens to this day. The memorial plaque at Washington Cathedral was presented on April 15, 1939, by the Huguenot Society of Washington. |
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| Author | Tim Evanson |
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