held at Avranches in response to the murder of Anglo-Norman Saint Thomas Becket. Henry II, King of England, after due penance done at Avranches on 21 May...

killing by firing squad at Avranches of approximately 800 counter-revolutionary prisoners by Republican troops. Although Avranches itself is some distance...

Saint Aubert, also known as Saint Autbert, was bishop of Avranches in the 8th century and is credited with founding Mont Saint-Michel. Aubert lived in...

L’Union Sportive Avranches Mont Saint Michel, shortly known as US Avranches is a French football club based in Avranches, in the department of Manche...

Avranches Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-André d'Avranches) was once a Roman Catholic cathedral in Avranches in Normandy. The seat of the Bishop of Avranches...

Viscount of Avranches, and grandson of Ansfred 'the Dane'. William II, Duke of Normandy, bestowed on him the title of Viscount of Avranches sometime before...

The Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches) (Latin: Dioecesis Constantiensis (–Abrincensis); French: Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)) is a Latin diocese of the...

Act of Violence (1949). He is also recognized for playing the Bishop of Avranches, who fiercely denounces Pierre Cauchon in the Ingrid Bergman Joan of Arc...

d'Avranches was born around 1047 as the son of Richard le Goz, Viscount of Avranches. His mother was traditionally said to have been Emma de Conteville, half-sister...

legend, the archangel Michael appeared in 708 to Aubert of Avranches, the bishop of Avranches, and instructed him to build a church on the rocky islet....

The Compromise of Avranches in 1172 marked the reconciliation of Henry II of England with the Catholic Church after the Becket controversy from 1163,...

source, which is in the public domain. Walther, Matthew. "Severus of Avranches", Catholic Herald, January 28, 2018 Catholic Forum: Severus of Avranches...

of the arrondissement of Avranches, and their INSEE codes, are: Anctoville-sur-Boscq (50008) Aucey-la-Plaine (50019) Avranches (50025) Bacilly (50027)...

committee was later confirmed by the CNOSF and the administrative court. Avranches Châteauroux Cholet Dijon Épinal GOAL FC Le Mans Marignane GCB Martigues...

of Avranches (died 1260) was a poet of the first half of the 13th century, writing in Latin. He is sometimes assumed to have been born in Avranches, but...

Granville-Avranches-Sourdeval tramway was a 71 km (44 mi) long 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge railway from Condé-sur-Vire via Granville to Avranches in the...

Avranches, a French fief in the Middle Ages. 1445–1449 Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches, KG (created by Henry VI of England); Avranches was...

concession for the steam operated Granville-Avranches-Sourdeval tramway, informed the municipality of Avranches of its intention to install an electric tramway...

building was utilized for this purpose, where the Avranches aristocrats of the fournée d'Avranches (Avranches Batch) were detained before being transferred...

came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Avranches. It consists of the following communes: Avranches (partly) Bacilly Carolles Champeaux Chavoy Dragey-Ronthon...

Condé-Granville tramway was a 68 (42¼) long metre gauge railway from Granville to Avranches in the Manche department of the Normandy region, which operated from 1908...

June 2024]. US Avranches (in French). July 10, 2023. "Justin Smith (Nice) prêté à l'US Avranches" [Justin Smith (Nice) loaned to US Avranches]. Foot Normandy...

arrondissements of the Manche department are: Arrondissement of Avranches, (subprefecture: Avranches) with 134 communes. The population of the arrondissement...

Saint-Senier-sous-Avranches (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sənje su.z‿avʁɑ̃ʃ], literally Saint Senier under Avranches) is a commune in the Manche department...

established and an attempt made to hold all territory captured north of the Avranches-Falaise line during the first three weeks. The Allied armies would then...

Maugis was a Catholic cleric who bishop of Avranches in what is today France from 1017 to 1022. Records show that Maugis initiated the construction of...

Michael of Avranches was bishop of Avranches from 1068 to 1094. He was an Italian churchman, about whom very little is known before he became a bishop...

John of Avranches was bishop of Avranches from 1060 to 1067, and archbishop of Rouen from 1067 to 1079. He was a Norman churchman, son of Rodulf of Ivry...

Hugh was bishop of Avranches from 1028-c.1060. He was responsible for completing the most important parts of the cathedral, and took steps to reconstitute...

royal letter ennobling Álvaro Vaz de Almada as the 1st Count of Avranches. Avranches was one of the few remaining Plantagenet ruled towns in Normandy;...