Île Madame
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Île Madame (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is an island in the Charente estuary on the Atlantic coast of France joined to the mainland by a causeway. The island has an area of four square miles and is unpopulated. It is part of the town Port-des-Barques.
Hundreds of Catholic priests were held prisoner on the island during anti-clerical persecution in 1794. A total of 254 died before the survivors were allowed to leave.
The priests who were held prisoner and those who died on the island are commemorated during a pilgrimage there each August.
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