Laroche-Saint-Cydroine () is a commune in the

Yonne Yonne () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the river Yonne, which flows through it, in the country's north-central part. One of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's eight constituent departments, it is l ...

department in

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

in north-central

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Name

The village of Saint-Cydroine in the commune of Laroche-Saint-Cydroine is named after

Saint Sidronius Saint Sidronius (died ) was a Roman martyr. His life is confused with a French saint of the same name. His feast date is 8 September or 11 July. Church The village of Saint-Cydroine in the commune of Laroche-Saint-Cydroine near Sens in Yonne, Fr ...

. It is said that Sidronius was martyred here by the Romans, and a spring here with miraculous powers was a place of pilgrimage in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

Church

The is an 11th- or 12th-century Romanesque church with an octagonal tower in the village dedicated to the saint. It was founded by the abbey of La Charité-sur-Loire.

Transportation

The commune is served by trains at

Laroche-Migennes station Laroche-Migennes station is a railway station serving the towns Migennes and Laroche-Saint-Cydroine, Yonne department, central France. It lies at the junction of the Paris–Marseille railway with the Laroche-Migennes–Cosne railway. The statio ...

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Church

Transportation

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