Over Carnavales break I went to Paris. I really couldn't speak the language and I have never studied any French history so all the things we saw were really pretty, but I really didn't know why they were important or what they meant to history. I tried to read the information at the different places about it's history, but most of the places only offered information in French, so it was a little difficult. This picture was so interesting to me that when I came home I spent time researching why it was important. I found these sculptures out side the main entrance to the Notre Dame, the famous, well known Cathedral in the heart of Paris. I saw these 4 sculptures as I walked in to the cathedral and wondered why the third man from the left was holding his own head- and this is what I learned: His name is Saint Denis and is a Christian saint and martyr. In the 3rd century he was a bishop of Paris and martyr because of how he died. According to the legend, his head was chopped off and he still picked it up and walked 2 more miles preaching a sermon. The place where he finished the sermon and died was then made into a small shrine being named Saint Denis Basilica, the place which became the burial place for the kings of France. I thought this was a wonderful story and I am very happy that I researched it to learn why it was significant to France and what it meant for the Cathedral of Notre Dame.