Gallois Quintet
Gallois as a French word means "Welsh". It may refer to: * Gallois (surname) * Galeazzo Gegald (French: Gallois de Regard), Roman Catholic Bishop of Bagnoregio (1563–1568) * , a French collier built in 1917 See also * ''Gaulois'', French for a person of Gaul * Gauloises Gauloises (, "Gaulish" eminine pluralin French; ''cigarette'' is a feminine noun in French) is a brand of cigarette of France, French origin. It is produced by the company Imperial Tobacco following its acquisition of Altadis in January 2008 ...

French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken 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 language, Francien) largely supplanted. It was also substratum (linguistics), influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the Germanic languages, Germanic Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. As a result of French and Belgian colonialism from the 16th century onward, it was introduced to new territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole, were established. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Fra ...
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Gallois (surname)
Gallois is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Évariste Galois (1811–1832), French mathematician * Jean Gallois (abbot) (1632–1707), French scholar and abbé * Jean Gallois (musicologist), pseudonym of French musicologist Jean Gaillard (1929–2022) * Louis Gallois (born 1944), French businessman, former CEO of EADS (now Airbus) * Lucien Gallois (1857–1941), French geographer * Pascal Gallois (born 1959), French bassoonist, conductor and music teacher, brother of Patrick Gallois * Patrick Gallois (born 1956), French flutist and conductor * Pierre Marie Gallois Pierre Marie Gallois (29 June 1911 – 24 August 2010) was a French Air Force brigadier general and geopolitician. He was instrumental in the constitution of the French nuclear arsenal, and is considered one of the fathers of the French a ... (1911–2010), French air force brigadier general See also * Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (1918–1994), French violinist and composer {{sur ...
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Galeazzo Gegald
Galeazzo Gegald or Galeazzo Regardus (French: Gallois de Regard) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bagnoregio (1563–1568). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 15 October 1563, Galeazzo Gegald was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Bagnoregio. He served as Bishop of Bagnoregio until his resignation in 1568. Episcopal succession While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: *Claude de Granier, Bishop of Geneva (1579); and the principal co-consecrator of: *Giuliano de' Medici, Bishop of Béziers (1567); *Tommaso Sperandio Corbelli, Bishop of Trogir (1567); * Andrea Minucci, Archbishop of Zadar (1568); * Vincenzo Ercolano, Bishop of Sarno (1570); * Donato Stampa, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri (1570); *Claude de La Baume, Archbishop of Besançon (1570); * Nicolò Ormanetto, Bishop of Padua The Diocese of Padua (; ) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Veneto, northern Italy. It was erected in the 3rd century.
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Gaul
Gaul () was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Roman people, Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy. It covered an area of . According to Julius Caesar, who took control of the region on behalf of the Roman Republic, Gaul was divided into three parts: Gallia Celtica, Gallia Belgica, Belgica, and Gallia Aquitania, Aquitania. Archaeologically, the Gauls were bearers of the La Tène culture during the 5th to 1st centuries BC. This material culture was found throughout Gaul and as far east as modern-day southern Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary. Warbands led by the Gaul Brennus (leader of the Senones), Brennos Battle of the Allia, sacked Rome in 387 BC, becoming the only time Rome was conquered by a foreign enemy in 800 years. However, Gallia Cisalpina was conquered by the Romans in 204 BC and Gallia Narbonensis in 123 BC. Gaul was invaded after 120 BC by the Cimbri ...
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