Grand Eagle of the Légion d'Honneur
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Born on April 1st, 1745 in Le Beausset, Provence, southern France.
Minister of Worship from 1804 to 1807.
He died on August 25, 1807 in Paris and was buried
"Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis" by Pierre-Claude Gautherot (a.k.a. Claude Gautherot, Paris 1769 - Paris 1825).
In 1973, the French Postal Service released a 0.45 Franc stamp bearing the images of Jean Portalis and First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte