• The Congregation of St. Maur, often known as the Maurists, were a congregation of French Benedictines, established in 1621, and known for their high level...
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  • St. Maur may refer to: Saint Maurus (512–584), Italian Roman Catholic saint Congregation of Saint Maur, French Benedictine congregation established in...
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    Jean Mabillon (category Burials at Saint-Germain-des-Prés (abbey))
    of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He is considered the founder of the disciplines of palaeography and diplomatics. Mabillon was born in the town of Saint-Pierremont...
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  • Luc d'Achery (category Congregation of Saint-Maur)
    Benedictine of the Congregation of St. Maur, a specialist in the study and publication of medieval manuscripts. D'Achery was born at Saint Quentin in Picardy...
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    monk of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, as well as being an editor of works of the...
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    Cuthbert Butler (1858–1934) Members of the Congregation of Saint Maur, a prerevolutionary French congregation of Benedictines known for their scholarship:...
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    The Sisters of the Infant Jesus, also known as the Dames of Saint Maur, are a religious institute of the Catholic Church originating from Paris, France...
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    arrested and in 1711 one of the monks was sent to the galleys. The monastery was transferred to the Congregation of Saint-Maur, about which there was litigation...
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    bishop, despite the opposition to this by the Benedictines of the Congregation of Saint Maur. At the French Revolution the buildings and lands were sold as...
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    confer the Blessing. The Congregation of St. Maur took its name from him. The surname "Seymour" is derived from Saint Maur. In art, he is depicted as...
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  • Benedictine scholar of the Congregation of Saint-Maur. He was professed in 1647 when he was twenty years old, and lived in the Abbey of Saint-Ouen at Rouen...
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    Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France. Vol. XI. Congregation of Saint Maur. Abrams, Lesley (2001). "Edward the Elder's Danelaw". In Higham...
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  • at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, near Paris, 18 October 1721) was a French Benedictine scholar, of the Congregation of Saint-Maur. After receiving...
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    century, it adopted the Benedictine rule in 954 and joined the Congregation of Saint-Maur in 1650. It was closed with all other monasteries during the French...
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  • Laurent Bénard (category Congregation of Saint-Maur)
    chief founder of the Congregation of Saint-Maur. Bénard was born in Nevers and joined the Cluniac Benedictines at Nevers, became a Doctor of the Sorbonne...
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    cousin of William the Conqueror, and supplied ships and men for the Norman Conquest. In 1660 the monastery was united to the Congregation of Saint Maur, and...
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  • February 1639 – 20 June 1699) was a French Benedictine scholar of the Congregation of Saint-Maur. He was born at Toutry. He joined the Benedictines at Vendôme...
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  • Having spent some time in the Order of Fontevrault, he left it to become a Benedictine in the Congregation of Saint-Maur, in which he made his profession...
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  • Ambroise Janvier (category Congregation of Saint-Maur)
    25 April 1682, Saint-Germain-des-Prés) was a 17th-century French Benedictine and theologian. He joined the Congregation of Saint Maur in 1657, and made...
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  • Charles Clémencet (category Congregation of Saint-Maur)
    avancées par cet auteur, en faveur des Jésuites, contre les disciples de Saint Augustin, pour servir de supplément à l'Abrégé de l'histoire ecclésiastique...
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  • Maurist. Histoire littéraire de la congregation de Saint-Maur (1770). An account of the works of the Congregation of Saint Maur beginning in 1618, later updated...
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  • Ambroise Chevreux (category Congregation of Saint-Maur)
    September 1792, in Paris) was a French Benedictine. He was the last superior general of the Congregation of Saint Maur. Holy September martyrs v t e...
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    Gilles de Rais (category French murderers of children)
    Benedictines from the Congregation of Saint Maur seemed to concur with Voltaire's opinion, also proposing superstition as a plausible cause of Rais' execution...
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    September Massacres (category 1792 events of the French Revolution)
    Chevreux, the last superior-general of the monastic Congregation of Saint Maur. The Legislative Assembly and the fall of the French monarchy Madelin, Louis...
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  • Catholic congregations in France are institutions, approved by bishops or popes, which have been created over time in response to the needs or crises of the...
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    the abbey declined somewhat, until it was taken over by the Congregation of Saint Maur in 1665. The abbey was closed during the French Revolution. It...
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    English Member of Parliament (d. 1675) November 23 – Jean Mabillon, French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur (d. 1707) November...
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  • a Benedictine monk of the Congregation of St.-Maur. Bouillart was born in the Diocese of Chartres. He professed at the Monastery of St. Faron de Meaux...
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  • term Maurists may refer to: Congregation of Saint Maur, a congregation of French Benedictines Maurist Party, a faction of the Spanish Liberal Conservative...
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    between 1239 and 1244. In 1621, a new order of Benedictine Monks, the Congregation of Saint Maur, was founded at Saint-Germain. They were particularly devoted...
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