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  • 131French Concordat of 1801 —     The French Concordat of 1801     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The French Concordat of 1801     This name is given to the convention of the 26th Messidor, year IX (July 16, 1802), whereby Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte, First Consul, re established… …

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  • 132French West Africa —    French West Africa ( Afrique occidentale française ) was by 1913 a federation of eight French colonial possessions in Africa that extended, on an East West axis, from Senegal on the Atlantic coast to the border of Chad and, on a North South… …

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