Two complaints to the Préfet de l’Aude concerning Bérenger Saunière’s renovations of the cemetery


Rennes-le-Château, 12 March 1895

We wish to inform you that, with the agreement of the Municipal Council of Rennes-le-Château, the meeting in the Town Hall at one o’clock on Sunday 10 March, we the electors wish to protest that the decision giving the curé the right to continue work makes no sense and in addition we desire to be freely responsible to tend the graves of our forebears. The curé has no right to remove, raise or relocate any ornaments, crosses or crowns from where we have placed them

Sarda,
Gavignaud,
Delmas,
Vidal,
etc



Rennes-le-Château, 14 March 1895

We are far from satisfied with prevailing conditions in the cemetery. Crosses are removed, as are tombstones, and this said work has nothing to do with repairs nor is there a good reason for it

Baumore,
Rousset,
Bouteille,
etc