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Saintes (săNt), town (1990 pop. 27,546), Charente-Maritime dept., W France, on the Charente River. It is a market for grains, brandy, and leather; telecommunications equipment is manufactured. The town, probably the capital of the Celtic Santones and later occupied by the Romans, was the capital of old Saintonge Saintonge (săNtôNzh`), region of W France, on the Bay of Biscay. It is now part of the Charente-Maritime dept. ..... Click the link for more information. . Louis IX defeated Henry III of England there in 1242. In Saintes are the ruins of a Roman amphitheater and triumphal arch and the two partially restored Romanesque churches of St. Europe (11th–12th cent.). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In Cognac we toured the Hennessey distillery and in the town of Saintes we "discovered" the ruins of a 15,000-seat Gallo Roman Amphitheatre, whose audio tour gave us a haunting portrayal of the life of a gladiator. In the year 2001 the Pontifical Biblical Commission published a small book in French, LE PEUPLE JUIF ET SES SAINTES ECRITURES DANS LA BIBLE CHRETIENNE, with a preface by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, dated on the feast of the Ascension of that year. Bucaille, Maurice (1976), La Bible, le Coran et la science: les Ecritures saintes examinees a la lumiere des connaissances modernes, Seghers, Paris, translated by Alastair D. |
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