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On July 14,
"in the year of the Incarnation 1223",
as it was then said, the kingdom of France lost one of its greatest leaders.
It was eight hundred years ago, one of those round numbers which give reason for commemoration.
Curiously, however, in 2023 we did not commemorate the man who, even before his death, was called Philippe Auguste
.
Augustus, because he had “increased”
(auget)
the royal domain.
Because he was born in August
(Augustus).
Because his greatness deserved to be assimilated to the Caesars.
His reign, in fact, had not always been glorious, far from it.
And unlike his grandson Louis IX, his life had certainly not been that of a saint.
He loved war and power, wine and women, God and his people...
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