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An excerpt from the funeral oration at the Church of St. Paul, delivered by Monsieur Sevray, a servant of the family, held in honor of the Princesse de Lamballe. These services were held twice a year from the Revolution until at least 1819. (source: Madame de Lamballe by Georges Bertin.)O cruel memories, let our hearts beat for one moment! O days of misery and terror, days, alas, as deplorable as frightful, depart forever from our eyes! From the midst of this lugubrious scene which recalls to us a sweet and well-loved face, rise sublime virtues which impose on us important duties.
…O Almighty god! O God of kindness, divine Providence! O Holy Trinity for all eternity! Believing fully in the immortality of the soul we humbly beg Thee to reward Louise de Savoye, the unfortunate princess, with the brilliant crown of the martyr, and to admit her into the shinining company of the elct, where in her eternal resting place she may sing forever to the glory of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen. De Profundus.

An excerpt from the funeral oration at the Church of St. Paul, delivered by Monsieur Sevray, a servant of the family, held in honor of the Princesse de Lamballe. These services were held twice a year from the Revolution until at least 1819. (source: Madame de Lamballe by Georges Bertin.)

O cruel memories, let our hearts beat for one moment! O days of misery and terror, days, alas, as deplorable as frightful, depart forever from our eyes! From the midst of this lugubrious scene which recalls to us a sweet and well-loved face, rise sublime virtues which impose on us important duties.



O Almighty god! O God of kindness, divine Providence! O Holy Trinity for all eternity! Believing fully in the immortality of the soul we humbly beg Thee to reward Louise de Savoye, the unfortunate princess, with the brilliant crown of the martyr, and to admit her into the shinining company of the elct, where in her eternal resting place she may sing forever to the glory of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen. De Profundus.

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