CASTELNAU-DE-CURIÈRES, NOËL. - French general and Catholic organizer, b. 24 Dec. 1851 at St-Affrique (Aveyron), d. 19 March 1944 at Montastruc-la-Conseillère (Haute Garonne).
Having entered the military school of St-Cyr, he took part in the war of 1870, earning the cross of knight of the Legion of Honor. Deputy chief of the general staff in the years preceding the First World War, at the outbreak of the conflict he was a member of the supreme army council, and held command of the second army, on the Lorraine front. In 1916 he took part in the defense of Verdun as chief of staff. Elected deputy at the end of the war, in 1920 he presided over the French delegation that went to Rome for the canonization of St. Joan of Arc.
A fervent Catholic, after the elections of 1924, which saw the victory of parties not well disposed toward the Catholic Church, he concerned himself with tireless zeal for the defense of his faith, and became a promoter of the union of Catholic forces into a single movement. Thus arose the F. N. C. (Fédération nationale catholique), of which he was president, and to which he devoted his activity until his death.
BibliographyOn C.'s activity during the First World War see C.-J. J.-Joffre, Mémoires, Paris 1932, passim. On the organization of the F. N. C., cf. G. V
BIBL.: On C.'s activity during the First World War see C.-J. J.-Joffre, Mémoires, Paris 1932, passim. On the organization of the F. N. C., cf. G. Vianca, La Fédération nationale catholique, ibid. 1930, passim.
Furlani, Silvio. “Castelnau de Curières, noël.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1025. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/castelnau-de-curieres-noel.
MLA
Furlani, Silvio. “Castelnau de Curières, noël.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1025. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/castelnau-de-curieres-noel.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec3_castelnau_de_curieres_noel,
author = {Furlani, Silvio},
title = {Castelnau de Curières, noël},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {1025},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/castelnau-de-curieres-noel}
}
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