Saint-Germain

Saint-Germain may refer to various French phenomena:

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• 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-Prés which gave its name to the neighborhood and to the Boulevard Saint-Germain on the Left Bank (this area 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 Île-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 poet, the self-styled "Comte de Saint-Germain", who claimed to be centuries old
• the stage name Saint Germain of Ludovic Navarre, a French Jazz musician

In the United States:

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• A religious organization in Northern California, the Saint Germain Foundation

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

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• Saint-Germain, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département
• Saint-Germain, in the Ardèche département
• Saint-Germain, in the Aube département
• Saint-Germain, in the Haute-Saône département
• Saint-Germain, in the Vienne département
 
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