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    Saint-Pol-de-Léon (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl də leɔ̃]; Breton: Kastell-Paol) is a commune in the Finistère department in Brittany in north-western...
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  • Saint-Pol may refer to the following places in France : Saint-Pol-de-Léon, in the Finistère department Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, in the Nord department Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise...
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    Saint Paul Aurelian Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Paul-Aurélien) was a Roman Catholic cathedral, now basilica, in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, in the Finistère department...
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    (–Cornouaille) and Léon (Latin: Dioecesis Corisopitensis (–Cornubiensis) et Leonensis; French: Diocèse de Quimper (–Cornouaille) et Léon) is a Latin Church...
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    Aorelian or Saint Pol de Léon and in Latin as Paulinus Aurelianus) was a 6th-century Welshman who became first bishop of the See of Léon and one of the...
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  • The Battle of Saint-Pol-de-Léon was a minor action during the Breton War of Succession and thus part of the larger Hundred Years War. The battle was fought...
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  • canton of Saint-Pol-de-Léon are: Cléder Île-de-Batz Lanhouarneau Mespaul Plouénan Plouescat Plougoulm Plounévez-Lochrist Roscoff Saint-Pol-de-Léon (seat)...
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    Dame du Kreisker, is the town of Saint-Pol-de-Léon. Even, a semi-legendary nobleman who lived c. 900. Maybe Alan I of Léon, father of Guihomar I. Guihomar...
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    The county of Saint-Pol (or Sint-Pols) was a county around the French city of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (Sint-Pols-aan-de-Ternas) on the border of Artois...
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    Syndicate of the Controlled Designation of Origin “Oignon de Roscoff” headquartered in Saint-Pol-de-Léon. The onions were sold door to door in Britain by men...
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    Armel Le Cléac'h (category People from Saint-Pol-de-Léon)
    Cléac’h (Breton pronunciation: [aʁmɛl lə 'kleax]; born 11 May 1977 in Saint-Pol-de-Léon) is a French professional navigator and sea captain. He was the IMOCA...
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    around Quimper, divided between Finistère and Côtes-d'Armor. The Léon, around Saint-Pol-de-Léon, corresponding to the northern part of the Finistère département...
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    independent commune. Until then the town had effectively depended on Saint-Pol-de-Léon. The illustrator Henry Gerbault and his wife moved to Roscoff in 1919...
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  • Spanish provinces León, Salamanca, and Zamora Viscounty of Léon, a feudal state in France during the 11th to 13th centuries Saint-Pol-de-Léon, a commune in...
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    over a decade. He died in Rennes (on the other side of Brittany from Saint-Pol-de-Léon), where he was buried in the cathedral. He continued to be venerated...
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    French: Chapelle Notre-Dame du Kreisker) is a Roman Catholic chapel in Saint-Pol-de-Léon in Brittany, France. The 78-metre (256 ft) tower of the "Chapelle...
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  • Quimper, Saint Corentin's town Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Saint Pol's town Tréguier, Saint Tudwal's town Saint-Brieuc, named after its founder Brioc Saint Malo,...
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  • Fanny Raoul (category People from Saint-Pol-de-Léon)
    Marie-Françoise Raoul, known as Fanny Raoul (born in Saint-Pol-de-Léon on December 19, 1771, and died in Paris on December 9, 1833) was a French feminist...
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    Alexis André (category People from Saint-Pol-de-Léon)
    Catholic priest active in Western Canada. André was born in Kergompez, Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France. He was ordained a priest on July 14, 1861, and was immediately...
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    Gabriel Milin (category People from Saint-Pol-de-Léon)
    Gabriel-Jean-Maie Milin or Gab Milin (3 September 1822, Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Finistère – 27 December 1895, Île de Batz, Finistère) was a poet, folklorist and philologist...
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    seams on the outside, were in the program of the domestic course of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, before marriage). In some parts of Cornouaille it is called farz...
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    departmental councilor of the canton of Saint-Pol-de-Léon since 2015 and municipal councilor of Roscoff since 2014. Maël de Calan graduated from Sciences Po...
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    Bleuniadur Ensemble is a Breton ballet of music and dance, founded in Saint-Pol-de-Léon (North of Brittany, France) in 1978. Bleuniadur means "blossom" in...
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    Founder Saints": Paul Aurelian, at Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Breton: Kastell-Paol), Tudwal (Sant Tudwal), at Tréguier (Breton: Landreger), Brioc, at Saint-Brieuc...
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  • français de la Culture. (in French) "The War Memorial of Saint-Pol-de-Léon". Retrieved 20 December 2014. "War memorial at Saint-Pol-de-Léon". Retrieved...
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    by Nicolas de Villegagnon, sailed with Mary from Dumbarton on 7 August 1548 and arrived a week or more later at Roscoff or Saint-Pol-de-Léon in Brittany...
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  • Étienne Bauny (1564, Mouzon, Ardennes, France – 3 December 1649, Saint Pol de Léon) was a French Jesuit theologian. Bauny was admitted into the Society...
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    Landerneau (redirect from Saint Tyrnog)
    of the Elorn River which divides the Breton provinces of Cornouaille and Léon, 22 km (14 mi) east of Brest. The name is from Lan Terneo and can mean "(religious)...
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  • Budes de Guébriant (20 August 1880 – 30 June 1972) was a French agricultural engineer. Hervé Budes de Guébriant was born in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Brittany...
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  • memorial". Retrieved 8 December 2014. "Saint-Pol-de-Léon war memorial". Retrieved 9 December 2014. "Saint-Pol-de-Léon war memorial". Archived from the original...
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