26 January is the feast of Saint Paula of Rome. It is the birthday, in Reims, of Agnès, illegitimate daughter of Pâquette 'la Chantefleurie' Guybertaut (profession: harlot). At the age of 14 months, c. March 1467, Agnès was abducted by gypsies and swapped for a deformed, red-haired boy of about 4 and a half, whom the Archbishop of Reims sent on to
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