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Corentin (Chasse-marée)
Corentin is a name of Breton origin. It is the name of a saint, Corentin of Quimper. It can also refer to: People *Corentin Tolisso, French midfielder *Corentin Corre, Breton cyclist *Corentin Louis Kervran, Breton scientist *Paul Féval, père (Paul Henri Corentin Féval) *Corentin Moutet, French tennis player Places * St. Corentin's Cathedral, Quimper *Corentin Celton (Paris Métro) *Corentin Cariou (Paris Métro) Other *Corentin (comics), a series of comic books by Paul Cuvelier Paul Cuvelier (22 November 1923 – 5 July 1978) was a Belgium, Belgian comics artist best known for the comic series ''Corentin (comics), Corentin'', published by Le Lombard, which first appeared in the first issue of ''Tintin (magazine), Tintin .... {{disambig Breton masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breton Language
Breton (, , ; or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic languages, Celtic language group spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albeit as a member of the Insular Celtic languages, insular branch instead of the extinct Continental Celtic languages, continental grouping. Breton was brought from Great Britain to Armorica (the ancient name for the coastal region that includes the Brittany peninsula) by migrating Britons (Celtic people), Britons during the Early Middle Ages, making it an Insular Celtic language. Breton is most closely related to Cornish language, Cornish, another Southwestern Brittonic language. Welsh language, Welsh and the extinct Cumbric language, Cumbric, both Western Brittonic languages, are more distantly related, and the Goidelic languages (Irish language, Irish, Manx language, Manx, Scottish Gaelic) have a slight connection due to both of their origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint
In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denomination. In Anglican Communion, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheranism, Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but a selected few are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation. Official Ecclesiastical polity, ecclesiastical recognition, and veneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church after their approval. In many Protestant denominations, and following from Pauline usage, ''saint'' refers broadly to any holy Christian, without special recognition or selection. While the English word ''saint'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corentin Of Quimper
Corentin of Quimper (Corentinus; in Breton, ''Kaourintin'') (d. 460 AD) is a Breton saint. He was the first bishop of Quimper. Corentin was a hermit at Plomodiern and was regarded as one of the seven founding saints of Brittany. He is the patron saint of Cornouaille, Brittany, and is also the patron saint of seafood. His feast day is December 12. History and tradition Corentin is one of the "Seven Saints" who evangelized Brittany. The others are: Tugdual de Tréguier, Paterne de Vannes, Samson of Dol, Pol de Léon, Malo and Brieuc. The ''Tro Breiz'', which in Breton means "tour of Brittany", is a Catholic pilgrimage that connects the cities of the seven legendary saints of Brittany, monks from Wales and Cornwall who brought Christianity to Armorica and founded the first bishoprics in the fifth century and sixth century. Corentin's life is told in the book ''Vita de saint Corentin'', written by Dom Plaine around 1220–1235. This publication was revised and comments were add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corentin Tolisso
Corentin Tolisso (born 3 August 1994) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder for Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon. A graduate of the Lyon academy, Tolisso made his professional debut for the club in 2013, playing 160 matches and scoring 29 goals. He joined FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich for €41.5 million in the summer of 2017, a record for a transfer to a German club, before returning to Lyon in 2022. Tolisso represented France national football team, France at various youth levels before making his senior debut in 2017. He was part of their squad that won the 2018 FIFA World Cup, also featuring at UEFA Euro 2020. Club career Early career Tolisso started out with local clubs near his birthplace of Tarare and hometown of Amplepuis. Before becoming a tough-tackling, probing midfielder, he used to play as a forward. Tolisso even scored a hat-trick in a 4–4 draw against his future club Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corentin Corre
Corentin Corre ( Trémel) was a Breton cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo .... He participated in the first Paris–Brest–Paris race in 1891 (he arrived fourth out of 207 participants).Bulletin critique du livre français: Issues 433-438 Association pour la diffusion de la pensée française, France. Direction générale des relations culturelles, France. 1982 "De Corentin Corre, « Breton de Plestin-les-Grèves », rival de Terront en février 1893 lors du fameux match des 1 000 Kilomètres, à Bernard Hinault d'Yffiniac, en passant par Jean Robic ou Louison Bobet, que de coureurs célèbres !" References French male cyclists Year of birth missing Year of death missing Cyclists from Côtes-d'Armor {{France-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corentin Louis Kervran
Corentin Louis Kervran (3 March 1901 – 2 February 1983) was a French scientist. Kervran was born in Quimper, Finistère (Brittany), and received a degree as an engineer in 1925. In World War II he was part of the French Resistance. Kervran proposed that nuclear transmutation occurs in living organisms, which he called "biological transmutation".Schwarcz, Joe. (2014). ''Is that a Fact?: Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life''. ECW Press. pp. 40-43. He made this claim after experimenting with chickens, which he believed showed that they were generating calcium in their eggshells while there was no calcium in their food or soil. He had no known scientific explanation for it. Such transmutations are not possible according to known physics, chemistry, and biology. Proponents of biological transmutations fall outside mainstream physics and are not part of accepted scientific discourse. Kervran's ideas about biological transmutation have no scientific basis and are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Féval, Père
Paul Henri Corentin Féval, ''père'' (29 September 1816 - 8 March 1887) was a French novelist and dramatist. He was the author of popular swashbuckler novels such as '' Le Loup blanc'' (1843) and the perennial best-seller '' Le Bossu'' (1857). He also penned the seminal vampire fiction novels ''Le Chevalier Ténèbre'' (1860), ''La Vampire'' (1865) and ''La Ville Vampire'' (1874) and wrote several celebrated novels about his native Brittany and Mont Saint-Michel such as ''La Fée des Grèves'' (1850). Féval's greatest claim to fame, however, is as one of the fathers of modern crime fiction. Because of its themes and characters, his novel ''Jean Diable'' (1862) can claim to be the world's first modern novel of detective fiction. His masterpiece was '' Les Habits Noirs'' (1863–1875), a criminal saga comprising eleven novels. After losing his fortune in a financial scandal, Féval became a born-again Christian, stopped writing crime thrillers, and began to write religious nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corentin Moutet
Corentin Moutet (; born 19 April 1999) is a French professional tennis player. Moutet has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 51, attained on 7 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 425, attained on 12 June 2017. Moutet has won six ATP Challenger Tour and five ITF World Tennis Tour singles tournaments. Moutet made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the doubles main draw with Constant Lestienne. Junior career 2013: First ITF tournaments, first titles In April, Moutet entered the singles qualifying of the ITF Junior Cap d'Ail. Two tournaments later, he reached his first singles final at the Podgorica Open. At the Copa Santa Catarina Internacional in October, Moutet again reached the singles final, losing to João Menezes in straight sets. In doubles, he took his first title with Fernando Yamacita. At the Copa Guga Kuerten, his final tournament of the year, he proved victorious in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimper Cathedral
Quimper Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Corentin (, ), is a Roman Catholic cathedral and national monument of Brittany in France. It is located in the town of Quimper, Finistère, Quimper and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quimper, Diocese of Quimper and Léon. Corentin of Quimper, Saint Corentin was its first bishop. The cathedral is notable in that, unlike most other Gothic architecture, Gothic cathedrals, it slightly bends in the middle to match the contours of its location, and avoid an area that was swampy at the time of the construction. History According to legend King Gradlon met Saint Corentin on the mountain Mėnez-Hom and was so impressed by the strength of his religious faith that he invited the hermit to become Bishop of Quimper. The cathedral replaced an old Roman church which had a chapel attached to it called the "Chapelle de la Victoire" where Alain Canhiart was buried in 1058. It was in 1239 that the first part of the cathedral was bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corentin Celton (Paris Métro)
Corentin Celton () is a station on line 12 of the Paris Métro in the commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux. History The station opened as ''Petits Ménages'' on 24 March 1934 as part of the extension of the line from Porte de Versailles. It was then named after the nearby ''hospice des Petits-ménage'', a retirement home for elderly couples, as well as widowers and widowers capable of paying a modest fee. The hospice was relocated from the 7th arrondissement of Paris to Issy-les-Moulineaux in 1863, leaving a large area for the expansion of Le Bon Marché department store. On 15 October 1945, the station was renamed ''Corentin Celton'', after the hospice was renamed ''Hôpital Corentin-Celton'' in February that year. Its namesake, ''Corentin Celton'' (1901–1943), was an employee there and was a member of the French Resistance; he was shot by the Nazis at Fort Mont-Valérien. Hence, the station, along with 7 other stations, were renamed after the Second World War to honour the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corentin Cariou (Paris Métro)
Corentin Cariou () is a Metro station, station of the Paris Métro. History Corentin Cariou opened on 5 November 1910 with the commissioning of the first section of line 7 between Opéra (Paris Métro), Opéra and Porte de la Villette (Paris Métro), Porte de la Villette with service provided by all trains on the line until 18 January 1911, when a branch opened from Louis Blanc (Paris Métro), Louis Blanc to Pré-Saint-Gervais (Paris Métro), Pré-Saint-Gervais, resulting in 1 of every 2 trains serving this branch. It was once again served by all trains on the line when the branch from Louis Blanc to Pré-Saint-Gervais was split to form an independent line, Paris Métro Line 7bis, line 7bis, on 3 December 1967. It was originally named ''Pont de Flandre'', after the nearby bridge spanning the ''Canal de Saint-Denis'' on which the rue de Flandre ran on, the main road in La Villette. On 10 February 1946, the station was renamed after Corentin Cariou (1898–1942) who was a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corentin (comics)
''Corentin'' is a comic strip, series of comics created by Belgians, Belgian artist Paul Cuvelier (1923–1978). Influenced by Robinson Crusoe, Cuvelier created the character of ''Corentin Feldoë'' in 1943. The character first appeared in a series of watercolors that Cuvelier made for his own family. Hergé, convinced of the merit of these watercolors, commissioned Cuvelier to do a series of comic strips. Thus, ''Corentin'' first made its appearance in ''Tintin (magazine), Tintin'' magazine on September 26, 1946. Originally, the final story was published in 1974, four years before Cuvelier's death. 42 years later, a new album was published, written by Jean Van Hamme. Story At the end of the 18th century, Corentin Feldoë, an orphan of Breton people, Breton origin, decides to flee the house of his uncle, an inveterate drunkard who has been abusing him. Corentin runs off to sea, only to be shipwrecked onto a desert island. Corentin befriends a gorilla named Belzébuth and a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
