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Brewer's: Bloody Wedding
St. Bartholomew's slaughter in 1572 is so called because it took place during the marriage feast of Henri (afterwards Henri IV.,) and Marguerite (daughter of Catherine ).
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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