the luminous blog: 2008-07-06

Thursday, July 10, 2008

400 - for the 400th

I thought that, since this month, up north, they are celebrating the 400th anniversary of the rather accidental and nearly inconsequential foundation of a city that came to be known as "Québec" - I should do something special about it, here, and on the Saudades Blog. Something no one else will do - something that needs doing. I'll tally up a list - not just any list, but a LUMINOUS LIST, of course. A list that enumerates the four hundred worthiest souls I can think of, that have EVER lived, at one time or another, on the territory known as Québec today. This is not the "top 400" as earthly eyes would see it, oh no - perish THAT thought right here and now! This is the *LUMINOUS 400* that we're talking about here - most of which will be totally unknown to nearly everybody who will peruse this august listing! They are unknown to you, and Mr. Tout-Le-Monde and Mme. Tout-Le-Monde out there, within the boundaries of the "belle province" as without - but they are NOT unknown to GOD ALMIGHTY. And they will not go "unbeatified" or without praise of any sort before Him - on Judgment Day!

Here are, randomly-picked for the most part, the first 100 of the Luminous 400 -
the rest will be found in the comments section, when time restraints allow for their addition!

.JEANNE LE BER
.ANDRÉ BESSETTE
.MARTHE ROBIN
.JEAN-JACQUES OLIER
.CATHERINE JÉRÉMIE
.ANNETTE ST-AMANT
.JÉRÔME LE ROYER DE LA DAUVERSIÈRE
.LE BARON PIERRE DE FANCAMP
.CAROLINE BÉIQUE
.MARIE GUÉRIN-LAJOIE

.JEANNE MANCE
.JEAN CABOT
.JEAN-FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCQUE DE ROBERVAL
.PAUL DE CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE
.PIERRE DE CHAUVIN
.HENRIETTE FELLER
.LOUIS MOUSSY
.HÉLÈNE BEAUCHAMP
.DENISE PELLETIER
.LUCIE POITRAS

.LOUIS-JOSEPH DE MONTCALM
.JAMES WOLFE
.JEAN TALON
.JEAN COUTU (le Survenant - pas l'Apothicaire)
.JOÃO JACINTO BORGES PIMÈNTEL
.FLORIDO DE SACRÉ-COEUR ;)
.YVAN CANUEL
.ELZÉAR BÉDARD
.AUGUSTIN-NORBERT MORIN
.HENRI BOURASSA

.RENÉE BÉLANGER
.RÉJEANNE DE NOTRE-DAME-DU-CAP ;)
.MADAME DE LARIVIÈRE DU CHRIST-ROI ;)
.MASOUMEH KOOHESTANI
.MARIA ADELINA CALDEIRA PIMÈNTEL
.CONCEIÇÃO DA COSTA
.ISABEL RODRIGUES
.CONCEIÇÃO DO SERAFIM
.MARIA DO CARMO DE OLIVEIRA
.NAJLA EL-HACHEM

.MARC FAVREAU
.LE CURÉ LABELLE
.JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE
.JEAN-PAUL MOUSSEAU
.HONORÉ BEAUGRAND
.SUZETTE CAMPEAU
.LÉON AUTOTE
.MARCEL BLANCHETTE
.ANTOINE BIGRAS
.DAMIEN GRATTON

.LUC DURAND
.MARIE-SOLEIL TOUGAS
.JEAN-CLAUDE LAUZON
.GEORGE BROWN
.ÉLISE GUILBEAULT
.JOSEPH-ALEXANDRE DE-SÈVE
.SEPTIMIU SEVER
.DENISE MORELLE
.JEAN-LOUIS MILLETTE
.MARIE-JOSÉE SAINT-ANTOINE

.CLAUDE ET GINETTE LANGEVIN
.SERAFIM DA LIMA
.LAURE CONAN
.CHANTAL TREMBLAY
.SYLVIE TALBOT
.LUCIA NEICU
.FRANCINE D'AMOUR
.ÉDOUARD BEAUPRÉ
.CYPRIEN-NOÉ CYR
.TREVOR BURRIDGE

.MICHELINE LACHANCE
.ANNE-MARIE ALONZO
.LUCIE BERGERON
.LISA CARDUCCI
.SYLVIE CHAPUT
.GIL COURTEMANCHE
.JACQUES LANGUIRAND
.PATRICIA NOLIN
.JACQUES DESROSIERS
.ROGER GIGUÈRE

.MICHEL NOËL
.MICHEL PAGLIARO
.MICHEL COURTEMANCHE
.JOÃO REBELO
.GEORGETTE DE MONTRÉAL
.ROSE OUELETTE
.ANDRÉ DAGENAIS
.AGATHE MARTIN
.ODETTE GRILLE
.JACQUELINE HOGUE

.LIONILDE MEDINA
.FRANÇOISE LECLAIR
.MARIETTE BEAUDOIN
.DOMINGOS PIMENTEL
.ANDRÉ MATHIEU
.CAPITAINE FRÉDÉRIC ROLETTE
.BRIGITTE SERRE
.FRANÇOIS OUELLET
.EUGÈNE-ÉTIENNE TACHÉ
.SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN

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