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Hector Sévin
1852Mar, 22

Hector Sévin

Hector Sévin, French cardinal (d. 1916)
Hector Sévin (22 March 1852 – 4 May 1916) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Lyon.

Hector Sévin was born in Simandre, France. He was educated at the Seminary of Belley and he received the diaconate on 22 May 1875.

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