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1. What might have been a reason that Sauniere was assigned to such a small parish?

This priest was at one time highly ambitious. The authors speculate why the priest was assigned to this tiny parish, an assignment that would be considered punishment to any ambitious priest.

2. Name at least three significant locations in the coastal region of France.

There are the ruins of a Knights Templar preceptory, the chateau of Blanchefort, the ancestral home of Bertrand de Blanchefort, fourth grand master of the Knight Templar, and the area itself is a pilgrim's path between Europe and Spain.

3. Briefly describe the discovery of the parchments.

In 1891, Sauniere began a restoration of his church and found four parchments in a Visigoth column underneath the altar. These parchments are said to have comprised genealogies, one dating from 1244 and the other from 1644.

4. What else was discovered by Sauniere?

Sauniere also found a carved flagstone dating from the seventh or eighth century, and a burial crypt underneath where purportedly skeletons were discovered.

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