Dieulouard (; formerly Dieulwart) is a
commune in the
Meurthe-et-Moselle department
Department may refer to:
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Government and military
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in north-eastern
France
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. Dieulouard is located between
Pont-à-Mousson and
Nancy, on the left bank of the
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
. It is the location of the Gallo-Roman city of Scarpone.
In August 1608 a small group of exiled English
Benedictine
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, formation =
, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
s were given a deserted collegiate church in the town. The church was dedicated to St Laurence and so the monks adopted him as the patron of their community. During the French Revolution the community was forced to flee France. In 1802 the monks settled at
Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire.
See also
*
Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
*
Parc naturel régional de Lorraine
References
External links
Official website
Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle
Leuci
Gallia Belgica
Three Bishoprics
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