ROZE, Abbé Vivat, vivat in aeternum for Napoleon s coronation

The day of Napoleon s coronation, (2 December, 1804) Napoleon then took Josephine s crown, made as if to place it upon his own head and then crowned the empress kneeling before him. The imperial couple thus crowned sat down to wait for the formation of the procession which was to accompany them from the low thrones to the grand throne. The procession comprised: the pope, princes, Grands dignitaires, Grands officiers, princesses, ladies in waiting, pages, heralds and bailiffs bearing the honours of Napoleo br, br,