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Braine-l'Alleud
Brabant wallon

Chaussée de Mont-Saint-Jean 83
(Collège Cardinal Mercier)

Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier

Braine-l'Alleud 1851 - Brussel/Bruxelles 1926
Archbishop of Mechelen, 1906-1926
(Wikipedia)

R.P. Marie-Ephrem
1931

Braine-l'Alleud / Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier

Description

Bronze statue of Cardinal Mercier with a student.

Inscription(s)

1851

CARDINAL
MERCIER

1926

Signature

Ephrem Marie / Keynia ?

Annotation

The statue is made in 1931 and unveiled in 1935 by King Leopold III and Queen Astrid.

Sculptor

R.P. Marie-Ephrem, OMC.

Sources & Information

Pixelsbw.com, Le Cardinal Mercier.

Locatie (N 50°41'13" - E 4°23'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: bebw001; Photograph: 31 January 2009 / updated: 12 September 2009
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