Lisieux, the Glossary
Lisieux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.[1]
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86 relations: Ancient Diocese of Lisieux, André Le Nôtre, Île-de-France, Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux, Beatification, Black Death, Bus Verts du Calvados, Calvados, Calvados (department), Canonization, Carmelites, Catholic Church, César Ruminski, Château, Cherbourg, Chloé Mortaud, Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie, Communes of France, Communes of the Calvados department, County of Anjou, Cupola, Deauville, Departments of France, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Flying ace, France, French Third Republic, Functional area (France), Gallo-Roman Theater of Lisieux, Georges Vérez, Henri Verneuil, Henry Chéron, Henry Edridge, Henry II of England, Hervé Lemonnier, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Jean Derode, Joan of Arc, Laeti, Latinisation of names, Le Grand-Jardin station, Le Pré-d'Auge, Lexovii, Lisieux Cathedral, Lisieux station, Lourdes, Marine Johannès, Matthieu Lagrive, Maxime Laisney, Michel Magne, ... Expand index (36 more) »
- Gallia Lugdunensis
Ancient Diocese of Lisieux
The Diocese of Lisieux was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in France, centered on Lisieux, in Calvados.
See Lisieux and Ancient Diocese of Lisieux
André Le Nôtre
André Le Nôtre (12 March 1613 – 15 September 1700), originally rendered as André Le Nostre, was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France.
See Lisieux and André Le Nôtre
Île-de-France
The Île-de-France is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023.
Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux
The Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse of Lisieux (Basilique Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux) is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.
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Beatification
Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name.
Black Death
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.
Bus Verts du Calvados
Bus Verts du Calvados is a network of interurban buses in the département of Calvados, France.
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Calvados
Calvados is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples and/or pears.
Calvados (department)
Calvados is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
See Lisieux and Calvados (department)
Canonization
Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.
Carmelites
The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Ordo Fratrum Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ de Monte Carmelo; abbreviated OCarm), known as the Carmelites or sometimes by synecdoche known simply as Carmel, is a mendicant order in the Roman Catholic Church for both men and women.
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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César Ruminski
César-Jean Ruminski (13 June 1924 − 14 May 2009) was a French football goalkeeper.
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Château
A château (plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
Cherbourg
Cherbourg is a former commune and subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche.
Chloé Mortaud
Chloé Mortaud (born 19 September 1989) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2009.
Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie
Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Lisieux.
See Lisieux and Communauté d'agglomération Lisieux Normandie
Communes of France
The is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.
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Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France. Lisieux and communes of the Calvados department are communes of Calvados (department).
See Lisieux and Communes of the Calvados department
County of Anjou
The County of Anjou (Andegavia) was a French county that was the predecessor to the Duchy of Anjou.
See Lisieux and County of Anjou
Cupola
In architecture, a cupola is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building.
Deauville
Deauville is a commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, northwestern France. Lisieux and Deauville are communes of Calvados (department).
Departments of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.
See Lisieux and Departments of France
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine (Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Alienòr d'Aquitània,, Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of King Henry II.
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Flying ace
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.
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Functional area (France)
An aire d'attraction d'une ville (or AAV, literally meaning "catchment area of a city") is a statistical area used by France's national statistics office INSEE since 2020, officially translated as functional area in English by INSEE, which consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and the surrounding exurbs, towns and intervening rural areas that are socioeconomically tied to the central urban agglomeration, as measured by commuting patterns.
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Gallo-Roman Theater of Lisieux
The Gallo-Roman theater of Lisieux is an ancient Roman entertainment structure dating back to the 2nd century.
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Georges Vérez
Georges Armand Vérez was born in Lille on 1 August 1877 and died on 17 January 1932.
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil (born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France.
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Henry Chéron
Henry Frédéric Chéron (11 May 1867 – 14 April 1936) was a French lawyer and politician who became active in local politics in the Calvados department of Normandy while still a young man, and always maintained his roots in Normandy.
Henry Edridge
Henry Edridge (1768 in Paddington – 23 April 1821 in London) was the son of a tradesman and apprenticed at the age of fifteen to William Pether, a mezzotinter and landscapist, and became proficient as a painter of miniatures, portraits and landscapes.
Henry II of England
Henry II, also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189.
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Hervé Lemonnier
Hervé Lemonnier (born 9 January 1947 at Lisieux), in motorsport better known under his pseudonym "Knapick", is a French rallycross, rally and ice racing driver of the Andros Trophy series.
See Lisieux and Hervé Lemonnier
Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques), abbreviated INSEE or Insee, is the national statistics bureau of France.
See Lisieux and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
Jean Derode
Capitaine Jean Marie Émile Derode was a French World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (translit; Jehanne Darc; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.
Laeti
(), the plural form of, was a term used in the late Roman Empire to denote communities of ("barbarians"), i.e. foreigners, or people from outside the Empire, permitted to settle on, and granted land in, imperial territory on condition that they provide recruits for the Roman military.
Latinisation of names
Latinisation (or Latinization) of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation, is the practice of rendering a non-Latin name in a modern Latin style.
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Le Grand-Jardin station
Gare du Grand-Jardin is the second station of Lisieux, Normandy.
See Lisieux and Le Grand-Jardin station
Le Pré-d'Auge
Le Pré-d'Auge (literally The Meadow of Auge) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Lisieux and Le Pré-d'Auge are communes of Calvados (department).
Lexovii
The Lexovii (Gaulish: *Lexsouioi, 'the leaning, lame'), were a Gallic tribe dwelling immediately west of the mouth of the Seine, around present-day Lisieux, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Lisieux Cathedral
Lisieux Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Lisieux) is a Catholic church located in Lisieux, France.
See Lisieux and Lisieux Cathedral
Lisieux station
is the main train station for the town of Lisieux, Normandy, France.
See Lisieux and Lisieux station
Lourdes
Lourdes (also,; Lorda) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees.
Marine Johannès
Marine Johannès (born 21 January 1995), nicknamed Wizard for her ballhandling skills, is a French basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and currently plays for Lyon Asvel Feminin in the French League.
See Lisieux and Marine Johannès
Matthieu Lagrive
Matthieu Lagrive (born 7 December 1979) is a French motorcycle racer.
See Lisieux and Matthieu Lagrive
Maxime Laisney
Maxime Laisney (born 19 January 1981) is a French politician of La France Insoumise who has been representing Seine-et-Marne's 10th constituency in the National Assembly since 2022.
See Lisieux and Maxime Laisney
Michel Magne
Michel Magne (20 March 1930 in Lisieux, Calvados, France – 19 December 1984 in Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise) was a French film and experimental music composer.
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Moat
A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.
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New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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Nice
Nice (Niçard: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, Mistralian norm,; Nizza; Nissa; Νίκαια; Nicaea) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France.
See Lisieux and Nice
Nicolas Batum
Nicolas Batum (born 14 December 1988) is a French professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Normandy (administrative region)
Normandy (Normandie) is the northwesternmost of the eighteen regions of France, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.
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Oppidum
An oppidum (oppida) is a large fortified Iron Age settlement or town.
Orne
Orne (Ôrne or Orne) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France. Lisieux and Paris are Gallia Lugdunensis.
Paul Cornu
Paul Cornu (15 June 1881 – 6 June 1944) was a French engineer.
Pays d'Auge
The Pays d'Auge (literally Land of Auge) is an area in Normandy, straddling the départements of Calvados and Orne (plus a small part of the territory of Eure).
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers, also known colloquially as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
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Pierre Cauchon
Pierre Cauchon (1371 – 18 December 1442) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Beauvais from 1420 to 1432.
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Poitiers Cathedral
Poitiers Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers) is a Roman Catholic church in Poitiers, France.
See Lisieux and Poitiers Cathedral
Pommeau
Pommeau is an alcoholic drink made in north-western France by mixing apple juice with apple brandy: Calvados in Normandy (Pommeau de Normandie) or lambig in Brittany (Pommeau de Bretagne).
Proto-Celtic language
Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the hypothetical ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European.
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Pyrenees
The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain.
Raymond Lantier
Raymond François Lantier (11 July 1886, Lisieux – 2 April 1980, Le Vésinet) was a 20th-century French archaeologist.
See Lisieux and Raymond Lantier
Regions of France
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (régions, singular région), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status).
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Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen
The Archdiocese of Rouen (Latin: Archidioecesis Rothomagensis; French: Archidiocèse de Rouen) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux
The Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Latin: Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis; French: Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France.
See Lisieux and Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux
Rouen
Rouen is a city on the River Seine in northern France. Lisieux and Rouen are Gallia Lugdunensis.
Saint-Georges, Quebec
Saint-Georges is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada.
See Lisieux and Saint-Georges, Quebec
Saint-Germain-de-Livet
Saint-Germain-de-Livet is a commune south of Lisieux in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Lisieux and Saint-Germain-de-Livet are communes of Calvados (department).
See Lisieux and Saint-Germain-de-Livet
Saint-Jérôme
Saint-Jérôme (2021 population 80,213) is a suburban city located about northwest of Montreal on the Rivière du Nord.
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (Straßburg) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France, at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace.
Subprefectures in France
In France, a subprefecture (sous-préfecture) is the commune which is the administrative centre of a departmental arrondissement that does not contain the prefecture for its department.
See Lisieux and Subprefectures in France
Taunton
Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England.
Thérèse of Lisieux
Therese of Lisieux (Thérèse de Lisieux; born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), religious name Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte Face), was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely venerated in modern times.
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Thomas Heurtaux
Thomas Heurtaux (born 3 July 1988) is a retired French professional footballer who last played for Pohronie in the Fortuna Liga.
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Touques (river)
The Touques is a small coastal river in Pays d'Auge in Normandy, France.
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Transport express régional
Transport express régional (usually shortened to TER) is the brand name used by the SNCF, the French national railway company, to denote rail service run by the regional councils of France, specifically their organised transport authorities.
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Trial of Joan of Arc
The Trial of Joan of Arc was a 15th century legal proceeding against Joan of Arc, a French military leader under Charles VII during the Hundred Years' War.
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Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league based in the United States.
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Yves Leopold Germain Gaston
Yves Leopold Germain Gaston was the patriarch of a large family with roots in the City of Silay, in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.
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See also
Gallia Lugdunensis
- Évreux
- Angers
- Armorica
- Asterix
- Autun
- Auxerre
- Avranches
- Bayeux
- Carhaix-Plouguer
- Chalon-sur-Saône
- Chartres
- Corseul
- Coutances
- Feurs
- Gallia Lugdunensis
- Jublains
- Langres
- Le Mans
- Lisieux
- Lyon
- Mâcon
- Meaux
- Nantes
- Orléans
- Paris
- Rennes
- Rouen
- Sées
- Sens
- Tours
- Troyes
- Vannes
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisieux
Also known as Cī́vĭtās Lexovĭṓrum, Lisieux, France, Noviomagus Lexoviorum.
, Middle Ages, Moat, New York Liberty, Nice, Nicolas Batum, Normandy (administrative region), Oppidum, Orne, Paris, Paul Cornu, Pays d'Auge, Philadelphia 76ers, Pierre Cauchon, Poitiers Cathedral, Pommeau, Proto-Celtic language, Pyrenees, Raymond Lantier, Regions of France, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux, Rouen, Saint-Georges, Quebec, Saint-Germain-de-Livet, Saint-Jérôme, Strasbourg, Subprefectures in France, Taunton, Thérèse of Lisieux, Thomas Heurtaux, Touques (river), Transport express régional, Trial of Joan of Arc, Women's National Basketball Association, Yves Leopold Germain Gaston.