Possible Clues:

• Demonstrated broken cane’s origin
• Source established beyond doubt -- one of the forebears half forgotten
• Article in French region giving source of work of art
• Source established beyond doubt by an English church
• Work history, a year in France in its southern region
• French region welcoming a new source
• Origin of man? Start off in south-eastern France
• Roots of a new start in part of France
• Article discovered in French region is proof of origin
• Origin of article buried in Mediterranean region