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    held at Avranches in response to the murder of Anglo-Norman Saint Thomas Becket. Henry II, King of England, after due penance done at Avranches on 21 May...
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  • L’Union Sportive Avranches Mont Saint Michel, shortly known as US Avranches is a French football club based in Avranches, in the department of Manche...
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    Avranches Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-André d'Avranches) was once a Roman Catholic cathedral in Avranches in Normandy. The seat of the Bishop of Avranches...
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    Saint Aubert, also known as Saint Autbert, was bishop of Avranches in the 8th century and is credited with founding Mont Saint-Michel. Aubert lived in...
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  • killing by firing squad at Avranches of approximately 800 counter-revolutionary prisoners by Republican troops. Although Avranches itself is some distance...
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  • Viscount of Avranches, and grandson of Ansfred 'the Dane'. William II, Duke of Normandy, bestowed on him the title of Viscount of Avranches sometime before...
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    The Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches) (Latin: Dioecesis Constantiensis (–Abrincensis); French: Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)) is a Latin diocese of the...
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  • The Compromise of Avranches in 1172 marked the reconciliation of Henry II of England with the Catholic Church after the Becket controversy from 1163,...
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  • committee was later confirmed by the CNOSF and the administrative court. Avranches Châteauroux Cholet Dijon Épinal GOAL FC Le Mans Marignane GCB Martigues...
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    Avranches, a French fief in the Middle Ages. 1445–1449 Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches, KG (created by Henry VI of England); Avranches was...
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