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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Richard Goz (redirect from Richard le Goz, Viscount of Avranches)
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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Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances (redirect from Bishop of Avranches)
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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