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Removed flag of French Republic from Infobox, per WP:ICON.

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I removed the French Republic flag icon from the Infobox, in accordance with several sections of WP:ICON; specifically (quoting),

  • Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many....
  • Flags make simple, blunt statements about nationality, while words can express the facts with more complexity. [Vivieers existed before there was a France, then was Frankish, Merovingian, and Carolingian, and Burgundian, but then it was part of the realm of the Kings of France (whose flag was a large golden fleur-de-lys on a white background), not the French Republic.]....
  • Do not rewrite history. Flags should not be used to misrepresent the nationality of a historical figure [including some bishops], event, object, etc. Political boundaries change, often over the span of a biographical article subject's lifetime. Where ambiguity or confusion could result, it is better not to use a flag at all, and where one is genuinely needed, use the historically accurate flag.

--Vicedomino (talk) 19:48, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]