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    Mont-Saint-Michel (French pronunciation: [lə mɔ̃ sɛ̃ miʃɛl]; Norman: Mont Saint Miché; English: Saint Michael's Mount) is a tidal island and mainland...
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    Village of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon became the Town of Saint-Gabriel. The Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Mont-Rolland became the Municipality of Mont-Rolland...
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    the lords of Chaste-Gessans Branch of the marquises of Clermont-Mont-Saint-Jean (in Saint-Pierre-de-Soucy), established in Savoy, and of the Lords of Rubaud...
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    set off for Paris. At Saint-Flour, he showed it to Monsieur de Montluc. In Clermont-Ferrand, he had it stuffed. He left Clermont on 27 September and arrived...
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    The Archdiocese of Clermont (Latin: Archidioecesis Claromontana; French: Archidiocèse de Clermont) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church...
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    I of Normandy then sent Maynard to establish the Benedictine Rule at Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey. A new church was built by Abbot Gérard, but was hardly finished...
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    Vallot, Joseph (20 August 1892). "La Catastrophe de Saint-Gervais (12-13 Juillet 1892)". La Nature (1003). Retrieved 28 February 2016. Peillex, Jean-Marc...
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    It is the prefecture (capital) of the Puy-de-Dôme département. Olivier Bianchi is its current mayor. Clermont-Ferrand sits on the plain of Limagne in the...
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    founded in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, in 1650. This congregation, named for Saint Joseph, has approximately 14,000 members worldwide: about 7,000 in the United...
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    Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine: see Thetford-Mines Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska: see Saint-André-de-Kamouraska Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage: see Mont-Joli Saint-Joseph-des-Érables:...
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    Saint-Fidèle were added in 1999. The neighbouring town of Clermont is located a short 7 km along the Malbaie River. 1605: French explorer Samuel de Champlain...
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    Monestier-de-Clermont (French pronunciation: [mɔnɛstje də klɛʁmɔ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Communes of the Isère...
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    Puy-de-Dôme, and Paris. Cathédrale Saint-André de Bordeaux : Multiple stained glass installations (chapels of Saint-Joseph, Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel, de...
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    historical monument. The Basilica of Saint-Julian is located in the southern margin of the former Diocese of Clermont, in the municipality of Brioude, in...
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    "to Mont Saint-Bernard" on 18 and 20 May 1800. Along with Lieutenant Marion and four gunners, he relieved a caisson blocking the descent near Fort de Bard...
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    which La Croix du Nivolet is found), Mont Granier (Chartreuse) and the Chaîne de Belledonne to the south, the Chaîne de l'Épine (the most southern mountain...
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  • Lycée Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, Nantes Lycée Saint-John-Perse, Pau Lycée Saint-Joseph, Avignon Lycée Saint-Joseph, Épinal Lycée Saint-Joseph, La...
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  • Calvados) Abbey of Saint-Pierre-du-Mont or Saint-Pierre-au-Mont (Abbaye de Saint-Pierre-du-Mont or Saint-Pierre-au-Mont), monks, Diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne...
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    resided in the parish of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont. He seems to have attached himself at first to an imitation of the style of François de Poilly. An engraving...
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    Léopold, ed. (1873). Chronique de Robert de Torigni, abbé du Mont-Saint-Michel. Le Brument. Doré, Joseph, ed. (2012). Notre-Dame de Paris. La grâce d'une cathédrale...
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    favor of French inscriptions, and was countered by Jesuit Jean Lucas of the College de Clermont, who defended the option of Latin in an eloquent address...
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    Foire de Clermont-Cournon - Ville de Clermont-Ferrand André Gueslin, page 170 "Musée de la Résistance du Mont Mouchet" (PDF). Les Amitiés de la Résistance...
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    Besançon Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Jean de Besançon) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint John located in the city of Besançon, France...
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    Miribel-les-Échelles Moirans Monestier-de-Clermont Le Monestier-du-Percy Montaud Montbonnot-Saint-Martin Montchaboud Monteynard Montferrat Mont-Saint-Martin Morette La Motte-d'Aveillans...
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    treasures were lost.[citation needed] Henry IV had it moved to the Collège de Clermont in 1595, a year after the expulsion of the Jesuits from their establishment...
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    Chamonix (redirect from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc)
    Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (French pronunciation: [ʃamɔni mɔ̃ blɑ̃]; Arpitan: Chamôni-Mont-Blanc), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (Chamôni), is a commune...
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    University Vincennes-Saint-Denis (French: Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis), or usually the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis, Paris 8, or...
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    trendy and colourful Plateau Mont Royal neighbourhood is located on the twin North-South axes of Saint Laurent Boulevard and Saint Denis Street, and East-West...
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    (after the Château de Saint-Cloud) Toulouse Lane Versailles Abbeville Beaulieu ("pretty place") Berrien County Bonaire ("good air") Clermont ("clear mountain")...
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    of Mas-Vieux de Vic-Fezensac, where the saint was venerated highly, kept his arm. Other chapels were to be found in Aubiet, Eauze and Mont-d’Astarac [fr]...
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