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Saint-Alexis (other)
Saint-Alexis may refer to the following places in Canada: * Saint-Alexis, Quebec, part of which was formerly Saint-Alexis-de-Montcalm * Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia, Quebec * Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec See also * * Alexis (other) * Sant'Alessio (other) * Alexius of Rome Saint Alexius of Rome or Alexius of Edessa ( el, Ἀλέξιος, ''Alexios''), also Alexis, was a fourth-century Greek monk who lived in anonymity and is known for his dedication to Christ. There are two versions of his life that are known, a Sy ...
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Saint-Alexis, Quebec
Saint-Alexis is a municipality located in Quebec's Lanaudière region, part of the Montcalm Regional County Municipality. It was formed by the amalgamation on December 19, 2012, of the former village municipality and the former parish municipality of the same name. Saint-Alexis is generally considered one of the four municipalities of Nouvelle-Acadie. The name "Saint-Alexis" commemorates Canon Alexis-Frédéric Truteau (1808-1872). The latter was ordained in 1830 and occupied the post of Chancellor of the Bishop of Montreal, Mgr Ignace Bourget, during the creation of the canonical erection of the parish, in 1851. Truteau became famous during the “Guibord case”, when he refused Christian burial to Joseph Guibord following a Roman decree obtained by the bishop condemning the Canadian Institute. History The parish of Saint-Alexis was created on July 1, 1855, after the dissolution of the county of Leinster (witch covered the territory approximately equivalent to the RCMs of M ...
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Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia, Quebec
Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia is a village and municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada. In addition to Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia itself, the municipality also includes the communities of Léonard-de-Matapédia and Saint-Benoît-de-Matapédia. In 2003, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia became the Municipality of Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia. History Demographics Population See also * List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ... References External links Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Alexis-De-Matapedia, Quebec Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine ...
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Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec
Saint-Alexis-des-Monts is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is located in the Laurentian Mountains, having a topography that is characterized by valleys and rounded hills, with an altitude varying between to . There are more than 600 lakes, 400 named and another 200 unnamed minor lakes. The majority (65%) of its territory is part of the Matawin Wildlife Reserve. The town depends on outdoor tourism that increases its seasonal population to between 8000 and 10,000 persons. History The first settlers were originally from Saint-Paulin and established the community on the banks of the Du Loup River, north-west of Saint-Paulin, around 1865. On October 30 of that year, Alexis Lefebvre Boulanger (1812-1885), pioneer and farmer, donated the land on which the village's chapel was built in 1867, and the church in 1884. Saint-Alexis was named after him. Its post office, identified as Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, opened in 1876. In 1877, the Par ...
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Alexis (other)
Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–1977), French comics artist * Alexis, character in Virgil's Eclogue II, beloved of Corydon (character) * Alexis, in Greek mythology, a young man of Ephesus, beloved of Meliboea * Alexis, a fictional character from ''Transformers: Unicron Trilogy'' Given name * Alexis (given name) Surname *Aaron Alexis (1979–2013), perpetrator of the 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting *Jacques-Édouard Alexis (born 1947), former prime minister of Haiti *Jacques Stephen Alexis (1922–1961), Haitian communist novelist, poet, and activist *Paul Alexis (1847–1901), French novelist, dramatist, and journalist *Stephen Alexis (1889–1962), Haitian novelist and diplomat *Wendell Alexis (born 1964), American basketball player *Willibald Alexis or Georg Wilhelm H ...
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Sant'Alessio (other)
Sant'Alessio may refer to: Places * Sant'Alessio (Lucca), a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lucca * Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte, a municipality in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy * Sant'Alessio Siculo, a municipality in Messina, Sicily, Italy * Sant'Alessio con Vialone, a municipality in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy Other uses * ''Il Sant'Alessio'', a 1631 opera by Stefano Landi * Madonna di sant'Alessio, an icon of the Blessed Virgin in the Basilica of the Saints Bonifacio and Alexis, Rome, Italy * Ritmo di Sant'Alessio, a late twelfth-century metrical vita of the legendary saint Alexius of Rome * Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio, a church in Rome, Italy * Sant'Alessio, a 1710 oratorium by Camilla de Rossi See also * Alessio (other) * Saint-Alexis (other) Saint-Alexis may refer to the following places in Canada: * Saint-Alexis, Quebec, part of which was formerly Saint-Alexis-de-Montcalm * Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia, Quebec * Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Queb ...
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