of 2021. A central landmark of the city is Amiens Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in France. Amiens also has one of the largest university hospitals...
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The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (French: Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral. The...
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Agatha of Sicily, Elizabeth of Hungary, Honorius of Amiens Bakers of altar bread - Honorius of Amiens Bankers - Bernardine of Feltre, Matthew, Michael the...
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Voltaire, Rousseau, Louis XV and the Madame de Pompadour. Maurice Quentin de La Tour was born in Saint-Quentin, the third son of a musician, François de La...
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after Saint Quentin of Amiens, who is said to have been martyred there in the 3rd century. Saint-Quentin is a sub-prefecture of Aisne. Although Saint-Quentin...
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Aceolus and Acius (redirect from Saint Acius)
Saints Acheolus (or Acheul) and Acius were early Christian martyrs in Gaul. They are associated with Amiens, where Acheolus's name was given to an ancient...
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Saint Salvius of Amiens (or Sauve, Salin, Salinius, Salve, Salvinus, Sauflieu, Saulve, Sauvre; died c. 615) was a 7th-century bishop of Amiens. His feast...
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through the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville and with Britain in the 1802 Treaty of Amiens. He could not prevent the renewal of war in 1803 but by 1805 he opposed...
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city of Amiens is the capital. In 2022 it was estimated that there was one priest for every 6,916 Catholics in the diocese. The diocese of Amiens was a...
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Angers Cathedral (redirect from Cathedral Saint-Maurice d'Angers)
Angers Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers) is a Catholic church dedicated to Saint Maurice in Angers, France. It is the seat of the...
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The Treaty of Amiens (French: la paix d'Amiens, lit. 'the peace of Amiens') temporarily ended hostilities between France, the Spanish Empire, and the...
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Cross portate H Honoratus of Amiens with a baker's peel Saint Hugh of Lincoln with his attributes, among them the swan Saint Hilda holding a model of Whitby...
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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise [y.njɔ̃ sɛ̃.ʒil.waz], commonly referred to as Union Saint-Gilloise and abbreviated as RUSG, is a Belgian professional football...
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Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (/ləˈblɑːn/; French: [ləblɑ̃]; 11 December 1864 – 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known...
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Tanguy Nianzou (category Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players)
first two Ligue 1 goals in an away game that ended in a 4–4 draw against Amiens on 15 February 2020. On 11 March, Nianzou played his final match for PSG...
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Scolaire Maurice-Tièche, Collonges-sous-Salève Lycée Thiers, Marseille La Martiniere Lyon, Lyon Lycée International de Saint Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye...
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l'Impressionnisme, [Exhibition Catalogue, Musée de Picardie Amiens], Matthieu Pinette, Amiens 2005. Jennifer L. Shaw Dream States. Puvis de Chavannes, Modernism...
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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 commune...
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The Mise of Amiens ([miz ɒv a.mjɛ̃]) was a settlement given by King Louis IX of France on 23 January 1264 in the conflict between King Henry III of England...
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Alain Delon (redirect from Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon)
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (French: [alɛ̃ dəlɔ̃]; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, and singer...
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Sarreguemines FC (6) v Valenciennes (2) Lille (1) v Golden Lion FC Amiens (2) v Montpellier (1) US Saint-Omer (6) v Dunkerque (2) US Thionville Lusitanos (5) v Marseille...
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Cephalophore (section Examples of cephalophoric saints)
Inferno Saints Victoricus and Gentian West entrance, Amiens Cathedral St. Valerie of Limoges presents her head to her bishop and confessor, Saint Martial;...
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Maurice and his son, Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea in Syria". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-08-05. "Saint Maurice and...
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Nanterre Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Sainte-Geneviève-et-Saint-Maurice de Nanterre) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Nanterre, France...
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Martin of Tours (redirect from Saint Martinus)
counter-revolutionaries. Conservatives responded by creating the short-lived Legion de Saint Maurice in 1878 and the society, Notre Dame de Soldats, to provide unpaid voluntary...
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Joseph Pinchon (category Artists from Amiens)
Émile-Joseph Porphyre Pinchon (17 April 1871, Amiens – 20 June 1953, Paris) was a French painter, illustrator, designer and comic book creator, best known...
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John the Baptist (redirect from Saint John the Baptist)
in Damascus (Syria); the church of San Silvestro in Capite, in Rome; and Amiens Cathedral, in France (the French king would have had it brought from the...
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singer Louise Fusil, who had idolized Saint-Georges since she was a girl of 15, wrote: "In 1791, I stopped in Amiens where St. Georges and Lamothe were waiting...
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In May 1856, Verne traveled to Amiens to be the best man at the wedding of a Nantes friend, Auguste Lelarge, to an Amiens woman named Aimée du Fraysne de...
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to Saint-Domingue to restore French authority. Given the fact that France had signed a temporary truce with Great Britain in the Treaty of Amiens, Napoleon...
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