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St. Norbert (other)
St. Norbert refers to Norbert of Xanten, saint and founder of the Norbertine or Premonstratensian order, and may also refer to: * St. Norbert (electoral district), a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba, operating as two districts from 1870 to 1874 and as one district from 1874 to 1879 and from 1981 to 2019 * St. Norbert, Winnipeg, the area of Winnipeg in roughly the same area as the above * Saint-Norbert, Quebec, a parish municipality in Canada *Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, Quebec Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska () is a municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from th ..., a municipality in Canada *Saint-Norbert, a community in Weldford, New Brunswick, Canada * St. Norbert College, a college in Wisconsin, USA * St. Norbert College (Perth), a secondary school in Perth, Australia * Convento ...
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Norbert Of Xanten
Norbert of Xanten, O. Praem (c. 1080 – 6 June 1134), also known as Norbert Gennep, was a German Catholic bishop who was the Archbishopric of Magdeburg, Archbishop of Magdeburg, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular, and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Norbert was canonized by Pope Gregory XIII in the year 1582, and his statue appears above the Piazza colonnade of St. Peter's Square in Rome. Early life St. Norbert pursued worldly pleasures in the early part of his life. Even after he was ordained a subdeacon, he continued to live in a state of worldliness. He declined higher religious roles because he didn't want the restraints that came with the positions. He later underwent a profound conversion after he was thrown from a horse when a bolt of lightning frightened the animal. Following this incident, he went to Xanten and pursued a devout, penitent life. Early priesthood He adopted such strict discipline that it killed his first three ...
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Saint-Norbert, Quebec
Saint-Norbert () is a parish municipality in D'Autray Regional County Municipality the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. History The municipality is named after Saint Norbert of Xanten. The parish of Saint-Norbert was detached from that of Sainte-Genevieve-de-Berthier in 1848. The church in the centre of the village was inaugurated in 1876. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Norbert had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend: * Population in 2021: 1,060 (2016 to 2021 population change: 5.7%) * Population in 2016: 1,003 * Population in 2011: 1,059 * Population in 2006: 1,067 * Population in 2001: 1,046 * Population in 1996: 1,070 * Population in 1991: 971 * Population in 1986: 947 * Population in 1981: 957 * Population in 1976: 946 * Population in 1971: 998 * Population in 1966 ...
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Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, Quebec
Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska () is a municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... References Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec {{Quebec-geo-stub ...
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Weldford, New Brunswick
Weldford is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the villages of Five Rivers and Nouvelle-Arcadie, which are both members of the Kent Regional Service Commission, and the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve, which is not. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, all of the parish outside the Indian reserve formed the local service district of the parish of Weldford. Origin of name Weldford was a portmanteau of the names of the two Kent County Members of the Legislative Assembly in 1835, John W. Weldon and John P. Ford. History Weldford was erected in 1835 from Richibucto Parish. Boundaries Weldford Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 89, 98, and 99 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 251–253, 266–269, 283–285, and 300 at same site. *on the north by a line due west from the northernmost corner of the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve; *on the east by a line running southerly along the easte ...
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