, Saint Saturnin Saint Saturnin, also known as Saint Sernin in modern French, was the first bishop of Toulouse. He was martyred by pagan priests, who tied him by his feet to a bull which dragged him about the town until the rope broke. The site, where the bull stopped is on the rue du Taur (Street of the Bull), and the Romanesque basilica honoring St. Saturnin is located. (Bio by: julia&keld) Basilica of Saint Sernin, Toulouse, Departement de la Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Deffes, Louis b. July 25, 1819 d. May 28, 1900 Composer. Born Pierre-Louis Deffes in Toulouse, France, he spent eight years at the Paris Conservatory and won its prestigious Prix de Rome in 1847. His Solemn Mass (1857), for orchestra and a chorus of 500, was hailed as a masterpiece by Berlioz, but because of the mammoth forces required it has rarely been performed since. "La Clef des champs" (1857) and "Jessica" (1898) were the most successful of his 20 operas. He was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and elected to the Academie...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Cimetiere de Terre-Cabade, Toulouse, Departement de la Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Montseny, Federica b. February 12, 1905 d. January 14, 1994 Politician, Author. Born in Madrid of Catalan parents, she became the first woman in Western Europe history to become a cabinet minister. She was elected Spain's Minister of Health in 1936, during the Second Spanish Republic. Montseny was a member of the anarchist trade union National Confederation of Trabajo (CNT) and a women's rights activist. She accomplished several reforms that included the introduction of sex education, family planning and the legalization of abortion. But at the end of...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Cimetière de Rapas, Toulouse, Departement de la Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France
