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Mgr. Edouard Charles Emannuel Ghislain, Count de Woelmont d'Hambraine (
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, 1824-1871) was a Belgian prelate. He was the son of count Joseph de Woelmont d'Hambraine and Constance de Coppin de Conjoux (1790-1854), his brother Ferdinand de Woelmont was a member of the
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. In 1849 he assisted the needy when the
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was proclaimed, bringing the blessed sacrament to the suffering. He assisted Mgr. de Merode in the hospitals in Rome before he was sent to Constantinople."Correspondentie der 'Civiltà Cattolica'", ''Katholieke Nederlandsche stemmen''
vol. 22
(Arnhem, 1856), p. 111.
and was made a
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of Namur Cathedral in gratitude. For his efforts in the
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he received the Legion of Honour.


Titles

* Honorary canon of
St Aubin's Cathedral St Aubin's Cathedral, Namur, Wallonia, the only cathedral in Belgium in academic Late Baroque style. It was the only church built in the Low Countries as a cathedral after 1559, when most of the dioceses of the Netherlands were reorganized. It is ...
,
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. *
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Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...
. * Cross of Mentana.


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