Adolphe-André Porée

Adolphe -André Porée (also Chanoine Porée; born March 14, 1848 in Bernay, † February 28, 1939 in Saint- Aubin- d'Ecrosville, Eure ) was a French archaeologist and historian. He was director of the Learned Society Société des antiquaires de Normandie ( " Antiquarian Society Normandy " ), corresponding member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and a corresponding member of the then French Ministry of Education ( Officier de l' Instruction Publique ).

Life

Porées family came from Beaumont -en-Auge ( Calvados ), his father ran a dye works in Bernay. Porée himself was very religious and was at the age of 23 years a priest. In 1871 he was vicar at the collegiate of Les Andelys. In 1875 he became pastor of Bournainville - Faverolles and remained in this position for 53 years. During the day, he devoted himself to his community and at night he devoted himself to archaeological studies. He was particularly interested in your churches that were sold during the First Empire, important local personalities and the effects of the French Revolution. It was also Porée Archivist of the Diocese. In the years 1890-1892 he undertook for the purpose of archaeological research trips through France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.

Services

In 1882 he discovered along with Abbé de La Balle and Gaston Le Breton in the old park of the Château de la Londe in Biéville - Beuville a lost statue of Pierre Puget ( 1622-1694 ), the statue originally stood in the castle of Le Vaudreuil and provides Heracles is that defeats the Hydra. The statue is now in the Musée des Beaux- Arts de Rouen.

As Porées important work applies the Histoire de l' abbaye du Bec. In 1926, he received the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor ( Chevalier de la Légion d' Honneur ).

After his death, several streets were named after him, such as the Rue Chanoine Porée in Le Bec- Hellouin, Bournainville - Faverolles, Pont- Audemer and Bernay. 1964 a stele was erected to his memory in the cemetery of Bournainville, in 2000, a space of the former parsonage (now the Mairie ) was established as Porée Museum.

Works (selection)

• Description du vitrail de Saint -Léger à Notre- Dame d' Andely. P. Bousrez, Tours 1877 ( Gallica ).
• Guide historique et descriptif de l' étranger aux Andelys. Caron, Les Andelys, 1879.
• Notice sur la seigniory et le château du Blanc Buisson. F. Le Blanc Hardel, Caen 1884 ( Gallica ).
• Guillaume de La Tremblaye, sculpteur et architecte, 1644-1715. F. Le Blanc Hardel, Caen 1884 ( Gallica ).
• L' Hercule de terrassant l' hydre Learn Puget. Vve A. Lefèvre, Bernay 1884 ( Gallica ).
• Un peintre bernayen: Michel Hubert - Descours, 1707-1775. J. et A. Lefèvre, Bernay 1889 ( Gallica ).
• Histoire de l' abbaye du Bec. Charles Herrissey, Évreux 1901 ( Archive.org ).
• Note sur Auguste Le Prévost et Charles Nodier. L. Gy, Rouen 1903 ( Gallica ).