Talk:Saint Napoleon

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The result was: promoted by Zzz plant (talk) 15:12, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

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Stained glass depicting Napoleon as "Saint Napoleon"

• ... that after the feast of Saint Napoleon was established, bishops searched their libraries to find out who the saint was supposed to be?

• Source: Source: Petit, Vincent (2015). "Saint Napoléon, un saint pour la nation : contribution à l'imaginaire politique français". Napoleonica. La Revue (in French) (23): 75–76. doi:10.3917/napo.023.0059.

Original French: « Certains évêques en effet ne dissimulent pas à Portalis les vaines démarches qu’ils ont entreprises pour trouver trace du saint en question. [...] Le 25 avril 1806, [l’évêque de Nancy] écrit à Portalis : “Nous nous occupons, à rechercher la légende de ce saint, ou du moins un abrégé de sa vie. Vous le dirai-je ? À la honte de toutes les bibliothèques de la ville de Nancy, vainement nous avons feuilleté tous les volumes qui pouvaient nous en instruire. Les Bollandistes sont muets sur son compte, et le martyrologe romain lui-même n’en fait pas mention.” »

Translation: “Several bishops did not conceal from Portalis the fruitless efforts they had made to find any trace of the saint in question. [...] On 25 April 1806, [the bishop of Nancy] wrote to Portalis: ‘We are engaged in searching for the legend of this saint, or at least an abridgment of his life. Shall I tell you? To the shame of all the libraries of the city of Nancy, we have searched in vain through every volume that might have informed us. The Bollandists are silent about him, and even the Roman Martyrology makes no mention of him.’”

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wendy Barnes

Created by Alekjds (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

Alekjds (talk) 20:45, 21 August 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article was created on 16 August 2026 and is 2,424 words (16,272 characters) in length. It is fully-sourced, largely to French and Italian-language sources, and neutrally-worded and presented. Due to the original language of most of the sources, I'm assuming good faith on the plagiarism side. The hook is cited, with quotes provided. The hook is also fascinating, immediately grabbing me to read the article; I'd had no idea this was a thing and it was quite the incredible read. The image is freely licensed under CC, is used in the article and is easily discernible at a small size. QPQ is done. Approved. Grnrchst (talk) 21:22, 24 August 2026 (UTC)