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Alan Of Lavaur
Saint Alan of Lavaur ( French: ''Alain'' or ''Élan de Lavaur'') is the saint to whom Lavaur Cathedral (Tarn, France) is dedicated. His feast day is 25 November. Nothing is known of this saint, whose cult is attested to Lavaur. He is assumed to be a bishop and dated to the 7th century, but there is very little if any corroboration available, and it has been suggested that Alan of Lavaur may be nothing more than a pale reflection of the well-known Amand of Maastricht Amandus ( 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of List of bishops and prince-bishops of Liège, Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the great Christianity, Christian missionary, missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, .... References Sources and external links Martyr-et-Saint.com: Alain de Lavaur 7th-century Frankish saints {{France-saint-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) largely supplanted. French was also substratum, influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the (Germanic languages, Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's French colonial empire, past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole language, Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavaur Cathedral
Lavaur Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Saint-Alain de Lavaur) is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral located in the town of Lavaur, Tarn, France. The cathedral is a national monument since 1911. Eglise Saint-Alain Until the Concordat of 1801, this was the seat of the Diocese of Lavaur, now held by the Archbishop of Albi. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Alan of Lavaur. The present structure dates from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, and has an octagonal bell-tower. A second, smaller square tower contains a 16th-century jacquemart (a statue which strikes the hours with a hammer). In the bishop's garden is the statue of Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, one of the companions of Napoleon on Saint Helena. On 5 February 2019, teenagers vandalised parts of the cathedral, lighting a small fire and twisting the arm of a crucifix to make it appear that Christ was dabbing Dabbing, or the dab, is a gesture in which a person drops their head into the bent crook of a slanted, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amand Of Maastricht
Amandus ( 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of List of bishops and prince-bishops of Liège, Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the great Christianity, Christian missionary, missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium. Life The chief source of details of his life is the ''Vita Sancti Amandi'', an eighth-century text attributed to Beaudemond ( la, Baudemundus). The vita was expanded by Philippe, abbot of Aumône. According to this biography, Amand was born in Lower Poitou. He was of noble birth but at the age of twenty, he became a monk on the Île d'Yeu, against the wishes of his family. His father threatened to disinherit him if he did not return home. From there Amandus went to Bourges and became a pupil of bishop Austregisilus. There he lived in solitude in a cell for fifteen years, living on no more than bread and water.Campbell, Thomas (1907). "St. Amandus", ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 1. New York: Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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