▁with ▁white ▁hair , ▁a ▁qu irk ▁syn onymous ▁with ▁great ▁wisdom ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁He ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁Saint - C ann at , ▁although ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁such ▁place ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁but ▁soon ▁enough ▁several ▁houses ▁were ▁built ▁into ▁a ▁ham let . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁tw elf th ▁century , ▁Arch bishop ▁Pierre ▁mentioned , ▁' C astr um ▁Santi ▁- ▁C ann ati ' ▁in ▁a ▁paper . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁th ir teenth ▁century , ▁vill agers ▁turned ▁on ▁their ▁arch bishop ▁and ▁p led ged ▁alleg iance ▁to ▁the ▁Lord ▁of ▁the ▁B aux - de - Pro v ence , ▁and ▁then ▁to ▁the ▁Kings ▁of ▁Sic ily ▁( nam ely , ▁Freder ic ▁III ▁of ▁Arag on , ▁or ▁perhaps ▁Louis ▁XIII ). ▁This , ▁however , ▁only ▁last ed ▁three ▁years . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁century , ▁the ▁Kn ights ▁Tem pl ar ▁established ▁a ▁settlement ▁there . ▁ ▁Pierre ▁André ▁de ▁Su ff ren ▁was ▁born ▁here ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁July ▁ 1 7 2 9 . ▁A ▁century ▁later , ▁Al phon se ▁Ta vern ier , ▁a ▁poet , ▁was ▁born ▁here ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁November ▁ 1 8 5 2 . ▁ ▁On ▁June ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 0 9 , ▁a ▁terrible ▁earth qu ake ▁destroyed ▁almost ▁everything . ▁Short ly ▁after , ▁the ▁houses ▁were ▁re - built ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁architect ural ▁style . ▁Both ▁in ▁ 1 9