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The article explores the intricate connections and rivalries between the Catholic Church and the diverse intellectual, cultural, and philosophical movement of the Enlightenment (Lumières) in 17th-century France.

An interview with Monique Cottret, a historian is presented, where she discusses her research on the relationship between Jansenism and the Enlightenment.

The article discusses the Place Saint-Sulpice, a monumental fountain, built between 1844 and 1847. It notes that under the name of "fountain of the sacred orators" or "of the four bishops, it devotes the talent of prelates who have been the ornament the most valuable of religious rhetoric between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It notes that tribute stone tells the historian the legacy that the nineteenth century has towards the prestigious personnages.

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