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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Crispin and Crispinian (redirect from Crispin (saint))
martyrology. In the sixth century, a stately basilica was erected over these saints' graves at Soissons, and St. Eligius, a famous goldsmith, made a costly shrine...
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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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(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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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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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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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-Avé (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ave]; Breton: Sant-Teve) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Part of...
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faith. The dates of her birth and death are unknown. She is revered as a saint and martyr in Eastern Orthodoxy, by the Catholic Church, and in the Anglican...
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comprises three military educational facilities: École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, France's foremost military academy dedicated to the training of Army...
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Bignan (section Fontaine Saint-Éloi)
Locminé and Saint-Jean-Brévelay. Bignan is only half an hour from the main cities of Morbihan: Vannes, Lorient and Pontivy. In the 5th century Saint Noyale...
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Rogatec (redirect from Saint Bartholomew Mass Grave)
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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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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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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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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A grave candle, grave lantern, death candle or death lantern is a type of candle or lantern, which is lit in memory of the dead or to commemorate solemn...
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Saint-Dolay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ dɔlɛ]; Breton: Sant-Aelwez) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants...
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Saint-Servant (Breton: Sant-Servant-an-Oud) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Saint-Servant...
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