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The Abbey of Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains in Lyon, also known as the Abbey of the Dames de Saint-Pierre or simply Palais Saint-Pierre, is an ancient Catholic religious edifice that housed Benedictine nuns from the 10th century onwards, and was rebuilt in the 17th century.
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Abbey of Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains; Angoulême , Diocese of Angoulême: Abbey of St Ausonius, Angoulême (Abbaye Saint-Ausone d'Angoulême), nuns; Abbey of St Cybard, Angoulême (Abbaye Saint-Cybard d'Angoulême), monks; Aniane Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Sauveur d'Aniane), monks, Diocese of Maguelonne, later Diocese of Montpellier (782-?)
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According to Louis Duchesne, the See of Tours was probably founded in the time of Constantine; Gregory of Tours says by Gatianus. [1] As the city, (called "Caesarodunum"), was important as a crossing point of the Loire, it became a stop on the route to Santiago de Compostela. The fourth bishop was Brice of Tours. Stories about his tenure ...
A chapel dedicated to Saint Blandina is attested in the 13th century on the grounds of the Saint-Pierre abbey. [4] A recluserie known as Saint-Irénée was built next door, and the whole complex was later named after Saint Clair. [5] The name is sometimes spelled Saint-Cler, and compounded as Saint-Clair du Griffon; [6] le Griffon was a nearby ...
The abbey was founded by Saint Martin of Tours (316-397), in 372, after he had been made Bishop of Tours in 371. [1] Martin's biographer, Sulpicius Severus (c. 363–c. 425), affirms that Martin withdrew from the press of attention in the city to live in Marmoutier (Majus Monasterium), the monastery he founded several miles from Tours on the opposite shore of the river Loire.
Beginning in 1907 and 1915 respectively, the St. Louis Art Museum and the St. Louis Zoo were both publicly funded by property taxes paid by residents of St. Louis City. Zoo chairman Howard Baer and his successor, Circuit Judge Thomas F. McGuire, worked with their supporters to secure the statute to establish the district. H.B. 23 authorized a ...