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  2. Robert de Turlande - Wikipedia

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    Robert de Turlande (c. 1000 - 17 April 1067) was a French Roman Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Saint Benedict. He was of noble stock and was also related to Saint Gerald of Aurillac. He is best known for the establishment of the Benedictine convent of La Chaise-Dieu ('Home of God') and for his total commitment to the poor ...

  3. Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu - Wikipedia

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    The Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu, in Auvergne (La Chasa-Dieu in Occitan), is a former Benedictine abbey, headquarters of the Casadean order, located in the commune of La Chaise-Dieu in the department of Haute-Loire. The origin of the name is the Latin phrase Casa Dei (The House of God), hence the adjective "Casadean."

  4. List of Benedictine monasteries in France - Wikipedia

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    Abbey of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambrai (Abbaye du Saint-Sépulcre de Cambrai), monks (1064-1791) Cambrai Abbey, see Fémy Abbey, (Abbaye de Notre-Dame de la Consolation de Cambrai, Abbaye des Anglaises (1625-1795)), nuns [22] Le Canigou Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Martin du Canigou), monks, Diocese of Perpignan (Casteil, Pyrénées-Orientales)

  5. La Chaise-Dieu - Wikipedia

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    After his death, Robert was quickly canonized (1095) as Saint Robert de Turlande (also known as Saint Robert of Chaise-Dieu). [4] The Chaise-Dieu continued to grow throughout the Middle Ages, becoming the motherhouse of further congregations of Black Monks. Pope Clement VI began his vocation as a monk at Chaise Dieu and was the patron of the ...

  6. List of plantations in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Paris: Bourbon: 77000614 Helm Place: August 3, 1978: Lexington: Fayette: Eventual home of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister, Emilie Todd Helm. Also known as Cedar Hall. Henry Duncan House Bloomfield: Nelson: Built by Henry Duncan, a descendant of Christopher Newport and Thomas Bragg, in 1783. Home was enlarged in 1800 and 1815. 80001649 James W ...

  7. Abbaye-aux-Bois - Wikipedia

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    The courtyard garden at Abbaye-aux-Bois. (1905) 1905 architectural plan of Abbaye-aux-Bois, archived by the Municipal Commission of Old Paris. The Abbey of the Woods (French: Abbaye-aux-Bois) was a Bernardine (i.e., Cistercian) convent in Paris, with buildings at 16 rue de Sèvres and at 11 rue de la Chaise in the 7th arrondissement.

  8. Paris, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Paris is a home rule-class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and the county seat. [8] It lies 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Lexington on the Stoner Fork of the Licking River . It is part of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area .

  9. Downtown Paris Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Downtown Paris Historic District, in Paris, Kentucky, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It was deemed significant as: the largest, richest, most varied and best-preserved concentration of historic architecture in Bourbon County from the period c. 1788 to ...