Antoine Régnault (16th century) was a French merchant and ''

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'' from Paris, as well as a writer. In 1549, he travelled to

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where he was dubbed Knight of the Holy Sepulchre.

Works

In 1573 in

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, he published a book with the title ''Discours du voyage d'Outre Mer au Sainct Sépulcre de Iérusalem, et autres lieux de la terre Saincte'' about his pilgrimage to the

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. The first part of the book is about the

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teachings and of the ceremonies of reception of the

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in the old statutes allegedly from 1099. It also contains writings about the

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."Biographies Evangeliques"
(PDF; 21,0 MB), Paris 1881 pp.455 The book finishes about Nicolas Chemin from Paris and other themes about knights, emperors, kings and royalties in France associated with the

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