20 relations: Adalsinda, Amandus, Assassination, Calendar of saints, Catholic Church, Clotsinda, Douai, Double monastery, Flanders, Gascony, Marchiennes, Marchiennes Abbey, Martyr, Maurontius of Douai, Nobility, Relic, Rictrude, Saint, Translation, Veneration.
Adalsinda
Adalsinda is a Catholic saint, with a feast day of 5 May, especially venerated in Douai, France.
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Amandus
Amandus (584 – 675 AD), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the great Christian missionaries of Flanders.
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Assassination
Assassination is the killing of a prominent person, either for political or religious reasons or for payment.
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Calendar of saints
The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Clotsinda
Clotsinda was a 7th Century Catholic saint, with feast day of May 5., especially venerated in Douai.
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Douai
Douai (Dowaai; historically "Doway" in English) is a commune in the Nord département in northern France.
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Double monastery
A double monastery (also double house) is a monastery combining a separate community of monks and one of nuns, joined in one institution.
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Flanders
Flanders (Vlaanderen, Flandre, Flandern) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, although there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics and history.
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Gascony
Gascony (Gascogne; Gascon: Gasconha; Gaskoinia) is an area of southwest France that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution.
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Marchiennes
Marchiennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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Marchiennes Abbey
Marchiennes Abbey was a French monastery located on the Scarpe in Marchiennes.
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Martyr
A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, "witness"; stem μάρτυρ-, mártyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, or refusing to advocate a belief or cause as demanded by an external party.
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Maurontius of Douai
Maurontius of Douai (died c.700) was a nobleman and Benedictine abbot.
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Nobility
Nobility is a social class in aristocracy, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges and higher social status than most other classes in a society and with membership thereof typically being hereditary.
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Relic
In religion, a relic usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangible memorial.
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Rictrude
Rictrude (Rictrudis, Richtrudis, Richrudis) (c. 614–688) was abbess of Marchiennes Abbey, in Flanders.
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Saint
A saint (also historically known as a hallow) is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness or closeness to God.
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Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text.
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Veneration
Veneration (Latin veneratio or dulia, Greek δουλεία, douleia), or veneration of saints, is the act of honoring a saint, a person who has been identified as having a high degree of sanctity or holiness.
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