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Lisieux
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Lisieux (lēzyö`), town (1990 pop. 24,056), Calvados dept., N France. It is one of the oldest towns in Normandy. Its modern importance dates from the canonization (1925) of St. Theresa, whose shrine there attracts many pilgrims. Lisieux has some small industries. Two thirds of the town was destroyed in World War II, but several beautiful old churches remain.
Lisieux
a town in NW France: Roman Catholic pilgrimage centre, for its shrine of St Th?r?se, who lived there. Pop.: 23 166 (1999)


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She is one of only three women to receive the honour of being made a Doctor of the Church, and her remains are kept at the spectacular Basilica of St Thrse in Lisieux, France - visited by more than two million people a year.
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