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Blessed Sister Thérèse of Saint Augustine, also known as Princess Louise of France, uttered these rather aristocratic, but very pious and wonderful last words: “Au paradis! Vite! Au grand galop!”, or “To Paradise! Quickly! With full speed!”
Her nephew, Louis XVI (who was executed during the French Revolution) commented on the matter:
“My Aunt Louise, your old mistress, is just dead at St. Denis. I have this moment received intelligence of it. Her piety and resignation were admirable, and yet the delirium of my good aunt recalled to her recollection that she was a princess, for her last words were, ‘To paradise, haste, haste, full speed.’ No doubt she thought she was again giving orders to her equerry.”
Her nephew, Louis XVI (who was executed during the French Revolution) commented on the matter:
“My Aunt Louise, your old mistress, is just dead at St. Denis. I have this moment received intelligence of it. Her piety and resignation were admirable, and yet the delirium of my good aunt recalled to her recollection that she was a princess, for her last words were, ‘To paradise, haste, haste, full speed.’ No doubt she thought she was again giving orders to her equerry.”
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