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Church Of San Martín (Madrid)
St. Martin's Church or St. Martin of Tours Church may refer to any one of a number of churches. These are mostly dedicated to Martin of Tours. They include: Belgium *St Martin's Church, Aalst *St Martin's Church, Arlon *; see Georges-Jacques Aelsters *Saint Martin's Church (Kortrijk) *Saint Martin's Church (Ypres), formerly a cathedral Croatia *St Martin's Church (Split) Denmark * St. Martin's Church (Næstved) Estonia * (Saint Martin's Church of Käina), a List of churches in Estonia, church in Estonia * Valjala church (Saint Martin's Church of Valjala) France Alsace * Saint-Martin Church, Colmar * * Église Saint-Martin, Marmoutier Auvergne * St Martin's Church, Chavenon, in the Allier ''département'' * Église Saint-Martin, in Montluçon in the Allier ''département'' Bourgogne * Église Saint-Martin, in Murlin Bretagne *, Brest Centre * Église Saint-Martin d'Amilly, Amilly, Loiret * Église Saint-Martin de Beaune-la-Rolande, Beaune-la-Rolande * Église Saint-Martin (Mard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Of Tours
Martin of Tours (; 316/3368 November 397) was the third bishop of Tours. He is the patron saint of many communities and organizations across Europe, including France's Third French Republic, Third Republic. A native of Pannonia (present-day Hungary), he converted to Christianity at a young age. He served in the Roman cavalry in Roman Gaul, Gaul, but left military service prior to 361, when he became a disciple of Hilary of Poitiers, establishing the Ligugé Abbey, monastery at Ligugé. He was consecrated as Bishop of Caesarodunum (Tours) in 371. As bishop, he was active in the suppression of the remnants of Gallo-Roman religion. The contemporary hagiographer Sulpicius Severus wrote a ''Life of St. Martin''. He is best known for the account of his using his sword to cut his cloak in two, to give half to a beggar clad only in rags in winter. His Basilica of Saint Martin, Tours, shrine in Tours became an often-frequented stop for Camino de Santiago, pilgrims on the road to Santiago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haute-Vienne
Haute-Vienne (; , ; Upper Vienne) is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture and largest city in the department is Limoges, the other towns in the department each having fewer than twenty thousand inhabitants. Haute-Vienne had a population of 372,359 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 87 Haute-Vienne INSEE Geography Haute-Vienne is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is bordered by six departments; lies to the east,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nedde
Nedde (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Inhabitants are known as ''Neddois''. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Haute-Vienne {{HauteVienne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelnau-d'Auzan
Castelnau-d'Auzan (; Gascon: ''Castèthnau d'Eusan'') is a former commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Castelnau-d'Auzan-Labarrère. 8 December 2015 Geography A picturesque little village on the river on a crossing of roads, east of the city of in the Gers bounding the departments and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nord (French Department)
Nord (; officially ; ; , ) is a département in Hauts-de-France region, France bordering Belgium. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of Flanders and Hainaut, and the Bishopric of Cambrai. The modern coat of arms was inherited from the County of Flanders. Nord is the country's most populous département. It had a population of 2,608,346 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 59 Nord INSEE It also contains the metropolitan region of Lille (the main city and the prefecture of the départe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Martin's Church, Cousolre
Saint-Martin Church of Cousolre () or St Martin's Church of Cousolre is a church located in Cousolre, in the department of Nord, in the Hauts-de-France region of France. History Built in the 16th century, the Church of Saint-Martin in Cousolre, once part of Hainaut (now in the arrondissement d'Avesnes), was dedicated to Saint Martin Saint Martin may refer to: People * Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316–397), Bishop of Tours, France * Saint Martin of Braga (c. 520–580), archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia (now Braga in Portugal) * Pope Martin I (c. 595–655), bishop of R .... The relics of Saint Walbert and Saint Bertille were transferred to the Saint Martin church.Paige de la Loghe, A. F. l. (1770). Nouveau système du premier établissement des Francs dans les contrées belgiques, et du commencement de la monarchie française, où l'on découvre aussi l'ancienne existence des Arbouches dans la Taxandrie. Belgium: De Goesin. Gallery Église Saint-Martin de Cousolre 3.J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivet, Loiret
Olivet (, ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Loiret, north-central France. Geography Olivet is located in the northern bend of the Loire, which crosses from east to west. Olivet belongs to the Loire Valley sector between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire, which was in 2000 inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Olivet is 120 km south-south-west of Paris. Olivet is bordered to the north by Orléans and to the south by the Sologne. Olivet is crossed by the Loiret (river), Loiret, a 13 km long river which is both a tributary and a Spring (hydrosphere), resurgence of the Loire. History The first traces of inhabitants belong to the Merovingian era. The water mills along the river were built by monks during the tenth century. The first name of the village, during the eleventh century, was ''Saint Martin du Loiret''. The name ''Olivet'' comes probably from ''Mount of olives''. The village suffered severe destructions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
