Morbihan department La Croix-Saint-Leufroy, in the Eure department La Croix-sur-Gartempe, in the Haute-Vienne department La Croix-sur-Ourcq, in the Aisne...
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Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒil kʁwa d(ə) vi]) is a commune in the Vendée department, region of Pays de la Loire, western France...
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Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis də beno] ; literally "Saint-Maurice of Beynost") is a commune in the Ain department, in the...
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The Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (English: War Cross) was a French military decoration, the first version of the Croix de Guerre. It was created to recognize...
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the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Two Sicilies: Grand Croix of the Order of Saint George and Reunion Papal States: Grand Croix of the Order of...
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Sainte-Croix. He also had two sons: Louis-Gabriel de Batz de Castelmore, born in 1710, was known as marquis of Castelmore and baron of Sainte-Croix, cavalry...
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The Croix-de-Feu (French: [kʁwa də fø], Cross of Fire) was a nationalist French league of the Interwar period, led by Colonel François de la Rocque (1885–1946)...
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (/ˈtælɪrænd ˈpɛrɪɡɔːr/; French: [ʃaʁl mɔʁis də tal(ɛ)ʁɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ, – moʁ-]; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince...
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Bernage de Vaux de Bernage (1714–1786) Jean Louis de Bernage de Saint-Maurice (1716–1780), Conseiller d’État, Grand Croix de l'Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis...
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Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez Saint-Étienne Saint-Galmier Saint-Genest-Lerpt Saint-Héand Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds Saint-Joseph Saint-Martin-la-Plaine Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois...
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Kessel (1899–1920) and was brought up at La Croix-Saint-Leufroy in Normandy and educated at the lycée Michelet de Vanves. His father committed suicide in...
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Maurice Lucien Fréchard (3 July 1928 – 27 August 2023) was a French Roman Catholic prelate. He served as Archbishop of Auch from 1996 to 2004. Born in...
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territory is the former commune of Sainte-Croix-de-Saint-Lô, south of Saint-Thomas-de-Saint-Lô, absorbed in 1964. Saint-Lô has a mild oceanic climate characterised...
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Place Croix-Paquet (French pronunciation: [plas kʁwa pakɛ] ) is a square located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, in the pentes de la Croix-Rousse...
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Bourg-Saint-Maurice (French pronunciation: [buʁ sɛ̃ mɔʁis, - moʁ-] ; Arpitan: Bôrg-Sant-Mori or simply Le Bôrg), popularly known as Bourg, is a commune...
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Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrières de St. Vallier (November 14, 1653 – December 26, 1727) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop...
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French Red Cross (redirect from Croix-Rouge française)
(French: Croix-Rouge française), or the CRF, is the national Red Cross Society in France founded in 1864 and originally known as the Société française de secours...
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Angomont and the ban-le-moine (near Badonviller) bordering the abbey of Saint-Sauveur (Croix-Bagué boundary marker).[citation needed] Richard, Charles Louis (1825)...
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procession: Lourdes, Puy in Velay, sticks of abbot and bishop: abbot of Saint-Maurice de Clervaux (1994), abbot of Triors (1996), Champagne abbot on the Rhone...
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Henri Baruk (August 15, 1897 in Saint-Avé, Morbihan – June 14, 1999 in Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne) was a French neuropsychiatrist of Jewish descent, internationally...
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John of the Cross (redirect from Saint Jean de la Croix)
which particular mystics may have been influential. Jean Orcibal, S Jean de la Croix et les mystiques Rheno-Flamands (Desclee-Brouwer, Presence du Carmel...
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Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, marquis de MacMahon, duc de Magenta (French: [patʁis də makma.ɔ̃]; 13 June 1808 – 17 October 1893), was a French...
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Camille de La Croix (born Camille Adolphe Ferdinand Marie de La Croix on July 21, 1831, in Mont-Saint-Aubert, Belgium) was a Belgian Jesuit priest who...
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François de La Rocque (French: [fʁɑ̃swa dəlaʁɔk]; 6 October 1885 – 28 April 1946) was the leader of the French right-wing league the Croix de Feu from...
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Col de la Croix de Fer (English: Pass of the Iron Cross) (el. 2067 m.) is a high mountain pass in the French Alps linking Le Bourg-d'Oisans and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne...
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Leopold. Croix de Fer. Foreign Honours France : Officer in the Legion of Honour. Kingdom of Italy : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saints Maurice and...
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section between the Rue de l'Arbre Sec and the now defunct Rue du Rempart was named the Rue de la Croix du Trahoir, Rue de la Croix du Tiroir or Rue du Traihoir...
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Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis də ʁemɑ̃]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. The village lies on the left...
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Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles (29 September 1678 – 24 June 1766) was a French nobleman and soldier. Son of Anne Jules de Noailles, he...
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Raoul Salan (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
Médaille militaire (12 July 1958) Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (1 citation) Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (8 citations) Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations...
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