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    The Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques, France, was a popular stop for pilgrims traveling the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela, in what is...
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    Conques (category Former communes of Aveyron)
    conca 'basin', which is derived from Latin concha 'shell'. The Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques was a popular stop for pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago...
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    The 'A' of Charlemagne is a relic purportedly gifted to the Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy by the emperor Charlemagne himself. It is a gold and silver open...
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  • département Sainte-Foy-Saint-Sulpice, in the Loire département Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, in the Savoie département Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, in Conques...
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    ceiling of Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy (end of 11th century) Groin vaults at Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy (end of 11th century) Vaults of Chapter House of Fontfroide...
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  • Faith is another. A monk from Conques brought her relics to the Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy after spending ten years undercover as a secular priest in Agen...
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    Pierre Soulages (category Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour)
    architecture of the Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques from 1987 to 1994. He received international awards, and the Louvre in Paris held a retrospective of his...
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    1150. The Benedictine abbey church, now the Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Saint Mary Magdalene), with its complex program of imagery in sculpted capitals...
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    Saint Faith (redirect from Faith of Conques)
    and martyr", in the martyrologies. The center of her veneration was transferred to the Abbey of Sainte-Foy, Conques, where her relics arrived in the ninth...
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    cathedral Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède, episcopal palace, rempart Conques: Abbey Church of Saint Foy Conques: bridge over the Dourdou Espalion: Pont-Vieux Estaing:...
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