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Saint-Maurice (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 13 06 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.2183 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 00 12 E degrees minutes |
Long: 7.0032 decimal degrees |
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Note: Town was renamed after the martyr Saint Maurice, who lived in the 4th cen. CE; site of the oldest convent in Switzerland, an Augustinian abbey founded in 515; the church dates to 17th cen., though it was built on the site of one dating from 4th cen. |
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| Saint-Maurice (preferred,C,V)
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............ | used since 6th cen. |
| St. Maurice (C,V)
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| Acaunum (H,O)
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| Agaunensis ecclesia (H,O)
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| Agaunum (H,V,S)
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............ | Celtic name |
| Claudii forum (H,O)
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| Saint-Maurice-d'Agaune (H,V)
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| Vallensium civ. (H,O)
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| Veragrorum civ. (H,O)
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Vaud (canton) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a Celtic settlement |
| town (C) |
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| monastic center (C) |
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| Celtic (H) |
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