Note 9 — Chapter 35 THE HONEYMOON OF THE REPUBLIC The Englishman in the Fur-Jacket—The Duc de Noailles—Freedom and her Bust in Marseilles—The Abbé Sibour and the Universal Republic in Avignon
Constance Garnett translation
Sibour, Marie Dominique Auguste (1792-1857), was appointed on 10th of July 1848, by General Cavaignac, to the archi-episcopal see of Paris to replace Affre, who died of wounds received in the June days. He was himself assassinated in church by the Abbé Vergur, whom he had interdicted.—(Translator’s Note.)