 The story spread widely and the phrase remains in use today to indicate the triumph of reason and logic over "religious superstition".The body of Louis XVI was immediately transported to the old Church of the Madeleine (demolished in 1799), since the legislation in force forbade burial of his remains beside those of his father, the Dauphin Louis de France, at Sens.Two curates who had sworn fealty to the Revolution held a short memorial service at the church.