{"id":404,"date":"2022-08-21T14:40:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T13:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/?page_id=404"},"modified":"2025-08-30T08:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T07:21:48","slug":"les-cimetieres","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/activites-religieuses\/les-cimetieres\/","title":{"rendered":"Les cimeti\u00e8res"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb background_image=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Textures-parcemin_02-scaled.jpg\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb7px|||||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbFil arianne\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.27.4&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb95%\u00a0\u00bb max_width=\u00a0\u00bb1711px\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb5px|||||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; 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_module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb11px|||||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb3_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbTitre\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb||0px|||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Un patrimoine protestant m\u00e9connu, l<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>es cimeti\u00e8res familiaux<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cimetiere-complet-pour-internet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-3241\">Voir &amp; t\u00e9l\u00e9charger le \u00a0\u00bb Pdf\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb3_4,1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb85%\u00a0\u00bb max_width=\u00a0\u00bb2174px\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb11px|||||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb3_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb||1px|||\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb5px||3px|||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;\"><em>L\u2019interdiction du protestantisme en France, de 1685 \u00e0 1787, et la disparition des cimeti\u00e8res protestants, ont contraint les \u00ab\u00a0nouveaux convertis\u00a0\u00bb rest\u00e9s secr\u00e8tement fid\u00e8les \u00e0 leur foi \u00e0 se faire enterrer hors du cimeti\u00e8re catholique\u00a0: dans les caves, les jardins, les pr\u00e9s. Les autorit\u00e9s ont fini par fermer les yeux (\u00e0 partir d\u2019une d\u00e9claration de 1736), d\u00e8s lors que la mort \u00e9tait d\u00fbment signal\u00e9e par \u00e9crit, et une tradition est n\u00e9e, qui a surv\u00e9cu jusqu\u2019\u00e0 nos jours, devenant un signe fort de l\u2019identit\u00e9 huguenote\u00a0\u2013 et des paysages protestants\u00a0&#8211; dans la France contemporaine. Ces cimeti\u00e8res familiaux, au nombre de plusieurs milliers dans les r\u00e9gions rurales protestantes, tr\u00e8s in\u00e9galement connus et conserv\u00e9s, commencent \u00e0 \u00eatre \u00e9tudi\u00e9s\u00a0: forme de l\u2019enclos, pr\u00e9sence ou non d\u2019un arbre signal, inscriptions bibliques.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb-92px|||||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/?attachment_id=407\"><img type=\"image\/webp\" class=\"wp-image-407 aligncenter size-full lws-optimize-lazyload\"  alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"651\" \/ data-src=\"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cimetiere-general.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb3_4,1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb85%\u00a0\u00bb max_width=\u00a0\u00bb2177px\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb-31px|auto|-41px|auto||\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb7px||0px|||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb3_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb-64px||-1px|||\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb4px|||||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>S\u2019il est un patrimoine familier aux protestants \u2013 si familier et familial qu\u2019ils ne sauraient le percevoir comme patrimoine \u2013 et totalement \u00e9tranger au reste de la population, ce sont bien ces minuscules cimeti\u00e8res familiaux qui pars\u00e8ment, encore aujourd\u2019hui, les r\u00e9gions rurales marqu\u00e9es par le protestantisme, du Poitou au Dauphin\u00e9. Avant d\u2019en \u00e9tudier les origines et la disposition, je voudrais rapporter quelques \u00e9l\u00e9ments, tr\u00e8s disparates, d\u2019appr\u00e9ciation de cette \u00e9trange sp\u00e9cificit\u00e9 huguenote. Un souvenir personnel, tout d\u2019abord\u00a0: lors d\u2019enqu\u00eates orales men\u00e9es en 1982 dans l\u2019Aubrac loz\u00e9rien, cette terre puissamment catholique o\u00f9 le cimeti\u00e8re, comme il se doit, entoure l\u2019\u00e9glise paroissiale<\/em><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.openedition.org\/pds\/2497?lang=en#ftn1\"><strong><em>1<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, des dames par ailleurs tr\u00e8s sympathiques, apprenant que j\u2019\u00e9tais un protestant des C\u00e9vennes, ont comment\u00e9 avec une sorte d\u2019\u00e9pouvante stup\u00e9faite ce qu\u2019elles avaient entendu dire sur cette r\u00e9gion\u00a0:\u00a0il para\u00eet que, l\u00e0-bas, les gens sont enterr\u00e9s partout\u00a0!<\/em><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.openedition.org\/pds\/2497?lang=en#ftn2\"><strong><em>2<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0Un sentiment que l\u2019\u00e9crivain Jean Carri\u00e8re avait fait sien, dans son chef d\u2019\u0153uvre fun\u00e8bre sur les C\u00e9vennes,\u00a0L\u2019\u00c9pervier de Maheux, en imaginant un pays p\u00e9tri d\u2019ossements\u00a0:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cimetiere-municipal-et-familial.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbCimetiere municipal et familial\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb17px||-6px|||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb-1px|||||\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb13px||12px|||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 Communal\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Cimeti\u00e8re\u00a0 \u00a0 Familial<\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb85%\u00a0\u00bb max_width=\u00a0\u00bb2186px\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb-44px|auto||auto||\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb5px|||||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.18.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb-17px|||||\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb0px|||||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Pour couronner le tout, reste le petit cimeti\u00e8re \u00e0 usage familial\u00a0; il en existe qui sont dignes d\u2019un d\u00e9cor d\u2019\u00e9pouvante, avec leurs louches renflements de terre boursoufl\u00e9e, leurs st\u00e8les contrari\u00e9es par des mouvements souterrains, comme ces cimeti\u00e8res d\u2019\u00c9cosse ou d\u2019Europe centrale, lieux de pr\u00e9dilection des vampires et des lycanthropes.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>G\u00e9n\u00e9ralement, il aligne ses tombes \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 de la maison (on les aper\u00e7oit des fen\u00eatres, on est oblig\u00e9 d\u2019y passer matin et soir), soit pour soutenir le moral des vivants dans les \u00e9preuves quotidiennes en leur rappelant que tous ces emmerdements finiront un jour ou l\u2019autre, soit pour faciliter les choses, et rendre le trajet moins long quand viendra l\u2019heure\u00a0; \u00e0 moins que ce soit tout simplement parce que les gens qui l\u2019ont install\u00e9 l\u00e0 n\u2019avaient pas d\u2019imagination. Les orties, qui raffolent des endroits humides, s\u2019y multiplient avec une rare exub\u00e9rance.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.openedition.org\/pds\/2497#bodyftn1\"><strong><em>1<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> \u00c0 Pradelles, en Haute-Loire, le cimeti\u00e8re est situ\u00e9 en contrebas du village, et sa porte d\u2019entr\u00e9e porte l\u2019inscription suivante, m\u2019a rapport\u00e9 l\u2019archiviste dioc\u00e9sain de Mende : Hic Pratella, non super. \u00ab Ici se trouve (vraiment) Pradelles, non en haut \u00bb. Ce qui montre aussi combien la mort est collective en pays catholique, contrairement \u00e0 la diss\u00e9mination huguenote. \u00a0Un trait confirm\u00e9 par l\u2019inscription sinistre, aujourd\u2019hui enlev\u00e9e mais photographi\u00e9e par Michel Vovelle dans La mort et l\u2019occident (Gallimard, 1983), et qui narguait les automobilistes sur la route nationale 106 \u00e0 hauteur de la Grand-Combe (Gard), \u00e0 l\u2019entr\u00e9e du cimeti\u00e8re : \u00ab Nous avons \u00e9t\u00e9 ce que vous \u00eates, vous deviendrez ce que nous sommes \u00bb. Ce \u00ab nous \u00bb fun\u00e8bre, agressif et anonyme est impensable dans la culture huguenote o\u00f9 les morts sont les seuls membres de la famille, rest\u00e9s \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 des maisons et des pr\u00e9s, et non exil\u00e9s dans une ville fant\u00f4me.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.openedition.org\/pds\/2497#bodyftn2\"><strong><em>2<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0Quelques ann\u00e9es plus tard, la prieure du Carmel de Mende, m\u00e8re bonnet de Paillerets, \u00e9voquant spontan\u00e9ment les origines protestantes de sa famille, me disait non sans \u00e9motion que son anc\u00eatre avait \u00e9t\u00e9 enterr\u00e9 dans le jardin de leur h\u00f4tel particulier, \u00e0 Marvejols, peu apr\u00e8s la R\u00e9vocation.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Document source : <\/em><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.openedition.org\/pds\/2497\">https:\/\/journals.openedition.org\/pds\/2497<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_module lwp_divi_breadcrumbs lwp_divi_breadcrumbs_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lwp-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"before-icon et-pb-icon\">\ue074<\/span> <span class=\"before\"><\/span> <span vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" href=\"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/\" class=\"home\"><span property=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span> <span class=\"separator et-pb-icon\">&#x39;<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>Un patrimoine protestant m\u00e9connu, les cimeti\u00e8res familiaux Voir &amp; t\u00e9l\u00e9charger le \u00a0\u00bb Pdf\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0L\u2019interdiction du protestantisme en France, de 1685 \u00e0 1787, et la disparition des cimeti\u00e8res protestants, ont contraint les \u00ab\u00a0nouveaux convertis\u00a0\u00bb rest\u00e9s secr\u00e8tement fid\u00e8les \u00e0 leur foi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1768,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-404","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roussesinfo.fr\/patrimoine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}