Père-Lachaise

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Père-Lachaise: see cemetery cemetery, name used by early Christians to designate a place for burying the dead. First applied in Christian burials in the Roman catacombs, the word cemetery came into general usage in the 15th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ; La Chaise, François d'Aix de La Chaise, François d'Aix de , 1624–1709, French Jesuit, confessor of Louis XIV after 1675. His influence at court was considerable. The great cemetery in NE Paris called Père-Lachaise is named for him.
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