Eustache Marcadé
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Eustache Marcadé, born in Artois
Artois
Artois is a former province of northern France. Its territory has an area of around 4000 km² and a population of about one million. Its principal cities are Arras , Saint-Omer, Lens and Béthune.-Location:...

 at an unknown date, died in 1440, is accused of one of the first mysteries
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 French known date.

He is provost of Dampierre, official of the Abbey of Corbie from 1414 and dean of the Faculty of Order, the forerunner of the Faculty of laws. He was removed from office in 1427, to be reinstated by a court in 1437.

He is credited with the mystery of the Passion, commonly known as the Passion of Arras, which is known to have been played at Arras to 1.42 thousand - 1.43 thousand and Metz in 1437. This mystery has 24,944 octosyllables and takes place on four days. It shows in the prologue "trial of Paradise
Paradise
Paradise is a place in which existence is positive, harmonious and timeless. It is conceptually a counter-image of the miseries of human civilization, and in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, but it is not necessarily a land of luxury and...

 "where God hears the testimony of Justice and Mercy on the evils Satan in the world. God
God
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 decides the send his son to redeem mankind. The first three days are devoted to the life of Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

 on earth, from birth to the Passion
Passion (Christianity)
The Passion is the Christian theological term used for the events and suffering – physical, spiritual, and mental – of Jesus in the hours before and including his trial and execution by crucifixion...

. At the fourth day, he goes the heavan to report on his work of redemption.

Found by following the theme of the "trial of Paradise" in other mysteries such as The Mystery of the Passion of Arnulf Gréban. The manuscript of the Passion of Arras contains anther mystery novel, The Vengeance Jesus Christ, also attributed to Eustache Marcadé.
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