Did the Mont-Louis estate, where Father de La Chaise lived, personally belong to him?
The answer
Like all Jesuits, bound by a vow of poverty, Father de La Chaise owned nothing of his own: the estate belonged to the Society of Jesus, which had bought it in 1626 to serve as a retreat house for Parisian Jesuits.
This question belongs to the “Before the Cemetery” series of the Père-Lachaise quiz: ten questions, a story behind every right answer.