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A painting of Bishop Simon Guillaume Gabriel Brute de Remur, first bishop of Vincennes, Ind., hangs in the library of the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Vincennes. Indianapolis Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein is promoting the cause for sainthood of the former bishop, a scholar who led the wilderness diocese in the 1830s. (CNS photo by Brandon A. Evans, The Criterion) (Nov. 5, 2003) See BUECHLEIN-VINCENNES Nov. 5, 2003.
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