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Philip Of Poitou

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Philip of Poitou (d. 22 April 1208) was Prince-Bishop of Durham from 1197 to 1208, and prior to this Archdeacon of Canterbury. His origins and... More

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Saint Junien

Saint Junien

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Saint Junien is the patron saint of Poitou plowmen. He was born in the year AD 500 or 501 in the area of "Briosso" (now called Briançais) on an e... More

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Senoch

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Senoch was a French abbot and saint. He was born in Tiffauges, in Poitou. He founded a monastery in 536, serving as abbot. They established... More

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Michel Brunet

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Michel Brunet is a French paleontologist and a professor at the University of Poitiers. Brunet was born in 1940 in Vienne, in the region of Poitou.... More

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Olivier de Clisson

Olivier de Clisson

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Olivier de Clisson (1326 - April 23, 1407), nicknamed "The Butcher", was a French soldier, the son of the Olivier de Clisson who was put to death... More

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François de Sourdis

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François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis was the Archbishop of Bordeaux and founder of the Irish College there in 1603. He was born October 25, 1574 in P... More

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John Chandos

John Chandos

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Sir John Chandos was an English knight. Hailing from Derbyshire, Chandos was a close friend of Edward, the Black Prince and a founding member of... More

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Peter des Roches

Peter des Roches

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Peter des Roches (died 1238) was bishop of Winchester in the reigns of John of England and his son Henry III. Roches was not an Englishman, but a... More

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René Caillé

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René Caillié was a French explorer, and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu. Caillié was born at Mauzé sur le Mignon, Poit... More

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Pierre de Brézé

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Pierre de Brézé was one of the trusted soldiers and statesmen of Charles VII. He had made his name as a soldier in the English wars when in 1433 he... More

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