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    Notre-Dame-du-Touchet (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam dy tuʃɛ]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On...
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    merger of the former communes of Bion, Mortain (the seat), Notre-Dame-du-Touchet, Saint-Jean-du-Corail and Villechien. Communes of the Manche department...
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    then of St-Augustin, 1868; Vicar-General of Paris, and archdeacon of Notre-Dame in 1871. Made Bishop of Tarbes in 1873, Langénieux was in the following...
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    l’anniversaire du 21 janvier ; 1836: La Cour des miracles, chronique de 1450, vaudeville in 2 acts, after The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, with Emmanuel Théaulon...
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    III. Isabelle addressed the opening session of the appellate trial at Notre Dame with an impassioned plea to clear her daughter's name. Joan was exonerated...
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    the Royal Navy of Huguenot descent Quimper Peninsula Roche Harbor Touchet Touchet River Vashon Vashon Island named after James Vashon, an officer in...
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    VI, and especially by Louis XI, who wore in his hat a leaden image of Notre Dame de Cléry and who wished to have his tomb in this sanctuary where Jean...
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    future spouses. The controversial wedding took place on 18 August 1572 at Notre-Dame, Paris. After a nuptial lunch, four days of balls, masques and banquets...
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    'forest' and 'wood'. Auguste Longnon suggests that placenames like Le Touchet may have a link to Le Touquet. If that is true, Le Touquet's name derives...
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    Mawr are founded in Pennsylvania by Welsh Quakers. The bell Emmanuel in Notre-Dame de Paris is recast. The Port of Honfleur, France, is re-modelled by Abraham...
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