• Saint-Gravé (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ɡʁave]; Breton: Sant-Gravez) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in northwestern France. The canal...
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  • explorer in the New World. François Gravé Du Pont came from the great seaport of Saint-Malo, on the coast of Brittany. Gravé Du Pont had borne arms before becoming...
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    create their own commune and parish. The fishermen found the church in Saint-Cornély to be too far from the port, and had one built in a more convenient...
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  • Lauzach Limerzel Malansac Molac Pluherlin Questembert Rochefort-en-Terre Saint-Gravé Sulniac Trédion La Vraie-Croix "Décret n° 2014-215 du 21 février 2014...
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    is no direct line from Vannes to Saint-Brieuc (118 km away in the north of Brittany), so the train from Vannes to Saint Brieuc goes via Rennes, which doubles...
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    Wali (redirect from Sufi saint)
    Muslim thinkers as "documentary evidence" of the existence of saints. Graves of saints around the Muslim world became centers of pilgrimage – especially...
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  • Marquis de La Roche-Mesgouez, and at Tadoussac, Quebec, in 1600 by François Gravé Du Pont, had failed. Cartographer Samuel de Champlain was part of the Dugua...
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    part of the Quiberon peninsula, the northern part being the commune of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon. It is primarily known as a seaside resort for French tourists...
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    Graves-Saint-Amant (French pronunciation: [ɡʁav sɛ̃.t‿amɑ̃]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department...
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    The Saint-Michel tumulus is a megalithic grave mound, located east of Carnac in Brittany, France. It is the largest grave mound in continental Europe...
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    Saint Peter's tomb is a site under St. Peter's Basilica that includes several graves and a structure said by Vatican authorities to have been built to...
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    port of Saint-Goustan to re-capture the town of Port Royal in Acadia on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu. Benjamin Franklin arrived at the port of Saint-Goustan...
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  • Molac, Pluherlin, Malansac, Saint-Gravé, Peillac, Saint-Jacut-les-Pins, Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust, Allaire, Saint-Perreux, Saint-Jean-la-Poterie Sandre. "Fiche...
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    sixth century, a stately basilica was erected at Soissons over these saints' graves, and St. Eligius, a famous goldsmith, made a costly shrine for the head...
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  • A cult of saints played a key part within Anglo-Saxon Christianity, a form of Roman Catholicism practised in Anglo-Saxon England from the late sixth to...
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    the beginning of 1941. The Saint Bartholomew Mass Grave (Grobišče pri sv. Jerneju) lies inside the northwest wall around Saint Bartholomew's church. The...
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    and chandelier Stained glass window Scheme of tsars' graves Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg. List of tallest Orthodox churches List of...
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    Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys (Breton: Lokentaz) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys...
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    The Basilica of Saint-Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis) is a large former...
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    pilgrimage and saints' cults, brought major changes to the fabric of the church; the shrine was probably dismantled at this time and the grave chapel blocked...
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    possible to hire a boat to explore the waterway. The nearby village of Saint-Marcel houses a museum dedicated to the Breton Resistance movement where...
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  • Saint Savvas of Kalymnos (also known as Saint Savvas the New) is the patron saint of the Greek island of Kalymnos, where he lived during the last twenty...
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    (56216) Saint-Gravé (56218) Saint-Guyomard (56219) Saint-Jacut-les-Pins (56221) Saint-Jean-la-Poterie (56223) Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust (56224) Saint-Malo-de-Beignon...
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    church is probably the fourth church that was built on the site of the grave of Saint Servatius, an Armenian missionary who was bishop of Tongeren and died...
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    known for its giant Belon oysters. Towns bordering on the Canton of Auray: Saint-Philibert and Crac'h As of 2019, the village had a population of 1,552....
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    Saint Lawrence or Laurence (Latin: Laurentius, lit. "laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome...
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    Sainte-Anne-d'Auray (category Saint Anne)
    famous for its sanctuary and for its pilgrimages, or "pardons", in honour of Saint Anne, to whom the Breton people, in very early times, on becoming Christian...
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    externally and the chapel of the Holy Cross which originally housed the saint's grave. The trustees of the site are the monks of Ampleforth Abbey and in 1989...
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    Saint Louis Cemetery (French: Cimetière Saint-Louis, Spanish: Cementerio de San Luis) is the name of three Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana...
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    Saint-Avé (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ave]; Breton: Sant-Teve) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. It's the...
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