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Saint Germain - Definition

Saint-Germain may refer to various French phenomena:

  • the 6th century bishop of Paris, canonized as Saint Germain of Paris, who
  • founded an abbey in the fields near Paris, now the church of Saint-Germain-des-Pres which gave its name to the neighborhood on the Left Bank that is also known as the Latin Quarter, or
  • the bishop of Auxerre, canonized as Saint Germain of Auxerre, died A.D. 478, who founded
  • the Carolingian abbey of Saint-Germain en Auxerre named for the same saint, or
  • the ancient and picturesque commune of Saint-Germain Laval in the Forez, or
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  • the royal French Chateau of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the Ile-de-France west of Paris, and the city that has grown up around it, or
  • the Edict of Saint-Germain, 1562, recognizing the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion in the 16th century, signed in the chateau, or
  • the Peace of Saint-Germain, 1570, a truce in the same wars, or
  • the Treaty of Saint-Germain, also signed in the chateau, but at the end of World War I in 1919, or
  • the Paris-based professional soccer team Paris Saint-Germain, or
  • the Braque Saint-Germain, in the List of dog breeds
  • the 18th-century charlatan, the self-styled "Comte de Saint-Germain", who claimed to be centuries old
  • a French Jazz musician Saint Germain (musician)

In France Saint-Germain may be one of the communes that have or begin with:

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