Book Title: Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde / représentées en 243. figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard, avec des explications historiques, & curieuses par M. l'abbé Banier, & par M. l'Abb'e le Mascrier.

Author: Banier, M. l'abbé (Antoine), 1673-1741

Image Title: Convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard

Description: After the death of French Jansenist deacon François de Pâris in 1727, he was buried in the Cemetery of St. Médard. Fellow Jansenists prayed over his grave and claimed to start experiencing miraculous convulsions at the site starting in 1731 (top). When the convulsionnaires began causing disruption, the cemetery was closed, and convulsionnaires held their meeting in homes (bottom).

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