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    St Miliau or Miliav is a Breton saint and eponym of the village of Guimiliau, where he is particularly venerated. He is said to be a good saint to invoke...
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    Saint Martial; Church of St. Michel des Lions, Limoges The martyrdom of St. Miliau, who holds his severed head as blood gushes from his neck. Retable of the...
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    Breton, is named after St Miliau. The name simply means town or settlement (Breton: gwic) of Milio. According to legend, Miliau was a good and just Breton...
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    James the Great Maurus – rheumatism, gout, epilepsy Against rheumatism - Miliau – People ridiculed for their piety, repentance, temptation - Mary Magdalene...
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  • bleeding neck, which are drunk by her severed head and two attendants. Saint Miliau, a Christian martyr killed c. 6th century AD, is sometimes represented holding...
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    detected of about twenty prehistoric circular huts. It is thought that St Miliau, in the 6th century, stayed here; he evangelized the local area, and founded...
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  • needed] Mildrith Princess's crown, Abbess' crozier, hind [citation needed] Miliau depicted afs a cephalophore; in royal garb[citation needed] Minias of Florence...
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    Aix-en-Provence, France Aix-en-Provence 5th century metropolitan Archbishop of Aix St Miliau 6th century  France Guimiliau Parish close, Guimiliau, Brittany, France...
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    Brittany in north-western France. The parish takes its name from Saint Miliau who was beheaded in 792 on his brother's orders. He is a saint called upon...
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    the village was part of the parish of Guimiliau. This means township of Miliau, a Breton saint of the 6th or 9th century. Later, rising prosperity and...
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