Affre', Denis

AUGUSTE, a French student at the seminary of St. Sulpice, who rose to be archbishop of Paris. B. at St. Remy, 1793; D. 1848. - Affre fell while endeavoring to prevent bloodshed between the soldiery and Paris i an insurgents. Although previously warned by General Cavaignac of the danger to be apprehended from appearing among an excited mob, he replied, that his life was of small consequence," and, preceded by a man in a workman's dre , with a green branch, as an emblem of peace, in his hand, he went forth to stay the fury of the combatants. Some of the crowd who beheld him thought they were betrayed, and he was soon shot down. When he fell, he was surrounded by many of the insurgents, who blamed the Garde Mobile for the act, and on whom they vowed to avenge him. He, however, exclaimed, "No, no, my friends, blood enough has been shed; let mine be the last on this occasion." He was buried on the 7th of July, 1848, universally regretted by the people. Affreet', n. See AFRIT.