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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 851 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHAPELLE ARDENTE (Fr. " burning

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chapel ")  , the
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chapel or
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room in which the
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corpse of a
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sovereign or other exalted personage lies in
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state pending the funeral service . The name is in allusion to the many candles which are lighted
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round the
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catafalque . This
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custom is first chronicled as occurring at the
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obsequies of Dagobert I . (602–638) .

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