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Credited with reviving Christian zeal in the Rouen region, as a result of which several abbeys were founded.
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Gascon court favourite and protégé of St Ouen. Founded Jumièges in the 7th century.
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Deeply spiritual young nun (1873–97) whose shrine at Lisieux is venerated.
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The nobleman founder (in 649) of the eponymous abbey. Known as God’s True Athlete for his remarkable physique.
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In 1114, William of Tancarville founded a small community of monks, who took this beautiful Norman Romanesque building as their abbey church (see Abbaye St-Georges de Boscherville).
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Founded in 649 and rebuilt in the 10th century after destruction by Norsemen, the abbey became a centre of learning. Inevitably, the Revolution saw its demise, but in 1931 it once again became a Benedictine monastery (see Abbaye de St-Wandrille).
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The Norman Conquest as told through the Bayeux Tapestry.
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Painted in 1869. Displayed in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
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Painted in 1876. Displayed in the Musée Eugène Boudin, Honfleur.
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Painted in 1857. Exhibited at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
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