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Pierre Viret

Orbe 1511 - Orthez 1571
Swiss Reformed theologian
(Wikipedia)

Milo Martin
1921

Description

Relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

PIERRE VIRET
1511 1571

si je dois sovhaiter qve diev soit
glorifie entre les hommes ov dois
je desirer qv'il le soit plvs et plvs
tot .... pays de ma naissance

Annotation

Unveiled 29 May 1921.

Sculptor

Milo Martin (Morges 1893 - Lausanne 1970), Swiss sculptor (Wikipedia– SIKART Lexikon).

Sources & Information

Gazette de Lausanne, 30 May and 13 June 1921 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).

Locatie (N 46°31'22" - E 6°38'2") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chvd036; Photograph: 2 June 2013
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