tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post5227273022862367355..comments2024-03-28T14:19:53.973+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: CORONATIONS ... French UnctionFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58222488824730776182023-02-25T17:41:20.146+00:002023-02-25T17:41:20.146+00:00I think Louis XVI’s Sacre would have used the Holy...I think Louis XVI’s Sacre would have used the Holy Ampulla of the oil of Clovis. The revolutionaries smashed the Ampulla. Charles X rite claimed to have rescued some of the ancient residue. One wonders if Napoleon I’s Sacre used any.gutsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344589178196647634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-67783996594370972212023-02-25T15:14:32.688+00:002023-02-25T15:14:32.688+00:00Louis XVIII was never anointed and crowned. In 182...Louis XVIII was never anointed and crowned. In 1825 at the Coronation of Charles X they were able to use some of the dried oil from the Sainte Ampoule which had stuck to the vessel and the fragments which were rescued after the ampulla was smashed. As it was powder I gather that at the later ceremonies for French kings a gold needle was used to stab out a grain which was mixed with fresh oil on aOnce I Was A Clever Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367322665145704342noreply@blogger.com