| 词条 | Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte |
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|name = Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte |commune status = Commune |image = Saint-Sauveur-le Vicomte (Château).jpg |caption = The chateau in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte |image coat of arms = Saint sauveur le vicomte.svg |arrondissement = Cherbourg |canton = Bricquebec |INSEE = 50551 |postal code = 50390 |mayor = Michel Quinet |term = 2008–2014 |intercommunality = CA Cotentin |coordinates = {{coord|49.3872|-1.5308|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 30 |elevation min m = |elevation max m = |area km2 = 34.27 |population = 2204 |population date = 1999 }} Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It is situated in the Cotentin Peninsula near Valognes in the Manche département. Population : 2,242 (1999 census). HistoryThe Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, an ancient castle with massive 14th century towers, and a 12-15th century abbey still mark a vivid history during the Middle Ages. The city walls were breached by cannon during a siege in 1374. This is believed to have been among the first successful uses of guns against city walls in history.[1] Heraldry{{Blazon-arms|img1=Saint sauveur le vicomte.svg |legend1=Arms of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte |text=The arms of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte are blazoned : Gules, 2 fesses, in center point a triple towered castle, all between 3 pairs of sea-bass adorsed Or. }} Notable peopleThe English knight Sir John Chandos (died 1369) held the title Viscount of Saint-Sauveur-le Vicomte in the Cotentin. The Blessed Catherine of St. Augustine, O.S.A., was born here in 1632. She was sent by her Order as a missionary nurse to New France, serving at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, where she died in 1668. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1989. The novelist Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly was born there on 2 November 1808. A museum is now dedicated to him. Sister Marie-Madeleine Postel acquired the derelict Benedictine monastery at St-Sauveur-le-Vicomte in 1830 which became the headquarters of the Sisters of the Christian Schools of Mercy; in 1846 she died in the town. Medieval knight Geoffroy d'Harcourt who fought for both the French, and the English, during the 100 years war. See also
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1. ^Kenneth Chase: Firearms. A Global History to 1700. Cambridge 2003. Cambridge University Press. P. 59. External links{{Commonscat|Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte}}{{Manche communes}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Sauveur-Le-Vicomte}}{{Manche-geo-stub}} 1 : Communes of Manche |
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