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    Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁ de fose] ) is a commune in Val-de-Marne, the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France, 11.7 kilometres...
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  • Henri-François-Charles de Verninac de Saint-Maur (18 May 1841 – 12 May 1901) was a French politician who was a Senator from 1883 until his death in 1901...
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  • The Congregation of St. Maur, often known as the Maurists, were a congregation of French Benedictines, established in 1621, and known for their high level...
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    politician and surgeon Paul-Jean Toulet (1867–1920), poet and writer Charles François-Saint-Maur [fr] (1869–1949), politician Ernest Gabard [fr] (1879–1957),...
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    former Hôtel des Abbés de Saint-Maur). All had rooms for banquets and entertainments given by the king, and rooms for guests. Charles V had the residence luxuriously...
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    selected Charles Faure to follow out his wishes for reform. In 1633, La Rochefoucauld directed the Abbey of St. Denis join the Congregation of Saint Maur. By...
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    ("Palace of Emilianus"). From no later than the time of the Congregation of St. Maur, the abbey possessed a coat of arms. According to Pulci's poem Il Morgante...
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  • Morderet, squire, on the indication, it seems, of Louis Garnier, monk of Saint-Maur, his friend and his attorney. By a decree of the parliament of Rouen in...
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  • Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur (7 January 1761 – 23 April 1822) was a French diplomat. The Verninac family originated in Gourdon, Lot in the former province...
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  • (Augsburg, 1592). 97 Sq.; Tassin, Hist. littéraire de la Congrégation de Saint-Maur (Paris, 1770); Magnoald Ziegelbauer, Hist. rei lit. O. S. B. (Augsburg...
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    revenge against the Catholic League. In 1628, Saint-Évroult adopted the reforms of the Congregation of Saint Maur, and from 1675 to 1778 Maurist priors expanded...
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    daughter of Charles-François Delacroix, minister of Foreign Affairs under the Directory, and wife of the diplomat Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur. She is known...
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  • was the diplomat Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur. Raymond-Jean-Baptiste de Verninac Saint-Maur was the son of François de Verninac (1753–1837) and Marie Delphy...
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  • Charles-François Toustain (13 October 1700 – 1 July 1754) was a French historian and a member of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Maur. He is remembered...
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    Revolution and First French Empire. Charles Louis Huguet 1792–1796 – in name only Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur (1795 -1797) Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert...
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    Marne (river) (category Rivers of Seine-Saint-Denis)
    Alfortville, Nogent, Créteil, Charenton-le-Pont, Champigny, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Joinville-le-Pont, Saint-Maurice, Bry, Le Perreux. During the 19th and 20th...
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    Henriette was born in 1780. She married the diplomat Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur (1762-1822). His brother Henri was born six year later. He was killed...
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  • François Clement ([1714, Bèze, Côte-d'Or – 29 March 1793, Paris) was a French historian and member of the Benedictine Congregation of St. Maur. His first...
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    Charles-François Delacroix was born in Givry-en-Argonne on 15 April 1741. He married Victoire Oëbène, daughter of the cabinet-maker Jean-François Oeben...
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    Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles (UK: /ˌpreɪvoʊ dɛɡˈziːl/ PRAY-voh deg-ZEEL, US: /preɪˌvoʊ -/ pray-VOH -⁠, French: [ɑ̃twan fʁɑ̃swa pʁevo dɛɡzil]; 1 April...
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    buildings. It was just at this time that the newly formed Congregation of Saint Maur was reviving the monasticism of France, and the commendatory abbot Ferdinand...
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  • Florent Schmitt, Saint Cloud Lycée Fragonard, L'Isle-Adam Lycée Francisque Sarcey, Dourdan Lycée François Ier, Vitry-le-François Lycée François Ier, Le Havre...
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  • Antoine François Barthélemi de Bournet (général de brigade) François Barthélemy Beguinot (général de division) Jean-Étienne Barthier, baron de Saint-Hilaire...
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    1648. Under Charles IX and Catherine de Medici, he returned to royal favor. He was employed on the enlargement of the Chateau of Saint Maur (1563) and...
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    it adopted the Benedictine rule in 954 and joined the Congregation of Saint-Maur in 1650. It was closed with all other monasteries during the French Revolution...
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    Alphonse Karr in Paris Rue Alphonse Karr in Nice Avenue Alphonse Karr in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Place Alphonse Karr in Barentin Allée Alphonse Karr in Châlons-en-Champagne...
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    many religious schools were created after 1860, including the Ladies of Saint-Maur, a primary school that is still in use today, and the Christian Brothers...
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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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    belonging to Bouchard, called "the Venerable", who died in the monastery of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés in 1007. The succession passed by various marriages to the...
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    one-act comey, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles 1799: Pygmalion à Saint-Maur, one-act farce-anecdotique and vaudevilles, with Étienne Crétu and Gosse...
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