Recently, Laurent Buchholtzer, better known by his pseudonym of Octonovo published a list of known travels by Abbé Saunière. All these trips have been documented beyond any doubt in his own letters and account books.
The list is not complete, as Laurent states himself, but it gives a good idea of how mobile Saunière was and where he went. It is interesting to see that he travelled to Lourdes three times towards the end of his life, when he was in the middle of a court case with the Bishop of Carcassonne and eventually the Vatican. It appears to demonstrate that after all, Saunière was a devout man, looking for help in higher places to get out of the mess he got himself into by refusing to disclose the source of his funds.
| Date |
Destination |
| November 1896 | Toulouse |
| May 1897 | Carcassonne |
| September 1897 | Spiritual retreat |
| January 1898 | Floure |
| April 1898 | Castres |
| May 1898 | Trip to an undisclosed destination |
| September 1898 | Carcassonne for retreat |
| January 1899 | Limoux |
| March 1899 | Carcassonne |
| July 1899 | Forest of Ganges |
| April 1900 | Carcassonne |
| August 1900 | Two trips to undisclosed locations |
| October 1900 | Two trips to Carcassonne, 1 for retreat |
| January 1901 | Limoux |
| January 1901 | Carcassonne |
| May 1901 | Villefort and St. Georges |
| February 1892 | Narbonne |
| March 1902 | Villefort (with Marie Dénarnaud) |
| April 1902 | Narbonne |
| August 1892 | Névian |
| December 1902 | Villefort (with Marie Dénarnaud) |
| January 1903 | Trip to an undisclosed destination |
| February 1903 | Narbonne |
| February 1904 | Two trips to Carcassonne, 1 to Mr Rieu |
| February 1904 | Three trips with undisclosed destination |
| April 1904 | Spiritual retreat |
| June 1904 | Carcassonne and Castres |
| October 1904 | Arles-sur-Tech |
| November 1904 | Limoux |
| March/April 1905 | Castres |
| September 1906 | Spiritual retreat |
| March 1906 | Limoux |
| May/June 1906 | Alzonne and Narbonne |
| September/October 1906 | Carcassonne and two trips to Narbonne |
| January 1907 | Villefort |
| January 1907 | Floure |
| February 1907 | Bages-les-Flots |
| February 1907 | Two trips to Limoux |
| April 1907 | Bages-les-Flots |
| July 1907 | Carcassonne |
| July 1907 | Mérial |
| Jul 1907 | Two trips to Carcassonne |
| February 1908 | Limoux |
| May 1908 | Carcassonne |
| April 1910 | Labège |
| April 1911 | Spirtual retreat in Prouilhe after condemnation |
| June1911 | St-Paul-de-Fenouillet |
| August 1911 | Lourdes |
| August 1912 | Notre-Dame-de-Marceille |
| October 1912 | Limoux |
| August 1913 | Lourdes |
| July 1914 | Carcassonne |
| October 1915 | Lourdes |
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