• Saintes, Belgium, a former commune in Belgium, part of Tubize Îles des Saintes, French Antilles Canton of Les Saintes, Guadeloupe Battle of Saintes,...
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    Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁi də la mɛʁ], also Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, lit.: "(the) Saint Marys of the Sea", locally...
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    status of a subprefecture, Saintes was allowed to remain the judicial center of the department. In the late 19th century, Saintes was chosen as the seat of...
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    The Îles des Saintes (pronounced [il de sɛ̃t]; lit. 'Islands of the (Female) Saints'), also known as Les Saintes (Antillean Creole: Lésent, pronounced...
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    the 1970s. Saintes paid off on completion of the trials and was refitted with the conventional main armament of the class. In 1949, Saintes recommissioned...
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    defensive system Fort Napoléon des Saintes. In April 1782 the Battle of the Saintes. The British, who occupied les Saintes in 1809, kept Fort Joséphine and...
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    French diocese of Saintes existed from the 6th century to the French Revolution. Its bishops had their see in the cathedral of Saintes in western France...
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    the pilgrimage to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Czon the Swedish artist did a portrait of Sara La Kali outside the church in "Saintes Maries de la Mer" 2018...
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    trip to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the Mediterranean Sea, where he made several paintings of the seascape and town. The work he produced in Saintes-Maries...
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    Les Saintes Airport (IATA: LSS, ICAO: TFFS) is an airport serving the archipelago of Îles des Saintes, French West Indies. It is on an isthmus in the...
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    The Church of the Saintes Maries de la Mer is a Romanesque fortified church built in the 9th century in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône...
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    before Bishop Palladius of Saintes translated Eutropius’ relics around 590 to the Romanesque church of St. Eutropius in Saintes, no one really knew the legend...
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    Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes (Latin: Dioecesis Rupellensis et Santonensis; French: Diocèse de La Rochelle et Saintes) is a Latin Church diocese...
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    Saintes Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Saintes) is a former Catholic church located in Saintes, France. The cathedral is a national monument. It...
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    Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given...
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    Palladius or more often in French Pallais was a 6th-century bishop of Saintes. According to Gregory of Tours, the family of Palladius was wealthy, and...
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  • Bordeaux–Saintes is a one-day road cycling race that takes place between the cities of Bordeaux and Saintes, France. The race was first held in 1909 and...
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    Les Saintes Passage (French: Canal des Saintes) is a strait in the Caribbean. It separates the archipelago of Îles des Saintes, from Basse-Terre Island...
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    The Battle of the Saintes (known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique), also known as the Battle of Dominica, was an important naval battle in...
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    Saintes is a village and a district in the municipality of Tubize, in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The history of the village is closely linked to the legend...
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    a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term saint depends...
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    king fled south to the town of Saintes, along with the revolting barons. A prolonged melee fight ensued north of Saintes, however the English were defeated...
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    Terre-de-Haut Island, located in the French commune of Terre-de-Haut, Saintes, Guadeloupe, the Caribbean. It is located in the northeastern part of the...
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    Gare de Saintes is a railway station serving the town Saintes, Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France. The following train services call at...
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    mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox...
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  • of Saintes was fought on 1 April 1351 during the Hundred Years' War between French and English forces. The French were besieging the town of Saint-Jean-d'Angély...
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    Antoine Bernard de Jeuzines. Later he was called Bernard de Saintes, since he represented Saintes in the Legislative Assembly, but he disliked that and changed...
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    also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob or Santiago. James was the son...
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  • Palladius (redirect from Saint Palladius)
    Patllari, bishop of Embrun Palladius of Saintes, or Pallais of Saintes, 6th-century bishop of Saintes in Gaul Palladius (physician), 6th or 7th century, author...
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  • 4°27′52″E / 43.460972°N 4.464355°E / 43.460972; 4.464355 (The Canal) The Saintes Maries de la Mer Speed Canal, known to windsurfers as The Canal, is a man-made...
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