Here are the clues: a goldsmith's forge, my business sense, the quality of my advice that’s related in a popular nursery rhyme, the breeches on backwards… yes, some of you may know me … Saint Eloy. But here I am at the beginning of a career that was going to lead me so far, Bishop of Noyon and Finance Minister for the good king Dagobert. It was not such a bad idea, a goldsmith Finance Minister, at least I easily knew how to tell the difference between real and forged coins!
I’m wearing a hat whose style is typical of the reign of Charles V111.The sculptor at the end of the C15th has depicted me in front of my anvil, in an apron and leather over sleeves, and very attentive to the precision of the gestures of my profession. I am making a horseshoe on a last and I am brandishing in a precise gesture that goes back up to the invention of iron, a claw hammer. I became the protector of all the workers handling this dangerous tool and my knowledge of metals makes one think of the gods in mythology.
My seriousness also shows that the memories of the wars of this century were not yet forgotten. But by my work, my business sense… things are going to improve; prosperity is going to come back. One quickly forgets the times of misfortune when the economy recovers!

MR. H. 19-08-1957 

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