1.0Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Efisio Noussanhttps://museoscienze.vda.it/en/Museo Scienzerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="w90q4Nmuea"><a href="https://museoscienze.vda.it/en/the-learned-abbes/">The learned abbés</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://museoscienze.vda.it/en/the-learned-abbes/embed/#?secret=w90q4Nmuea" width="600" height="338" title="“The learned abbés” — Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Efisio Noussan" data-secret="w90q4Nmuea" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://museoscienze.vda.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Museo_SaintPierre_019.jpg25001875There is a thin but resilient thread running through the cultural and scientific history of the Aosta Valley from the 19th century to the present day. That thread bears the names of men in cassocks who, between one Mass and the next, climbed mountains with notebooks in hand, collected minerals and plants, wrote scientific articles, founded associations, and built collections destined to outlive them. They were called abbés savants, or learned priests. Their legacy is still visible today in every room of the Efisio Noussan Regional Museum of Natural Sciences in Saint-Pierre.