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DEOLS , a suburb of the See also:French See also:town of See also:Chateauroux, in the See also:department of See also:Indre. Pop. (1906) 2337. Deols lies to the See also:north of Chateauroux, from which it is separated by the Indre. It preserves a See also:fine Romanesque See also:tower and other remains of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of a famous See also:Benedictine See also:abbey, the most important in See also:Berry, founded in 917 by Ebbes the See also:Noble, See also:lord of Deols. A gateway flanked by towers survives from the old ramparts of the town. The See also:parish church of St See also:Stephen (15th and 16th centuries) has a Romanesque See also:facade and a See also:crypt containing the See also:ancient See also:Christian See also:tomb of St Ludre and his See also:father St Leocade, who according to tradition were lords of the town in the 4th See also:century. There are also interesting old paintings of the loth century representing the ancient abbey. The See also:pilgrimage to the tomb of St Ludre gave importance to Deols, which under the name of Vicus Dolensis was in existence in the See also:Roman See also:period. In 468 the Visigoths defeated the Gauls there, the victory carrying with it the supremacy over the See also:district of Berry. In the See also:middle ages the See also:head of the See also:family of Deols enjoyed the See also:title of See also:prince and held sway over nearly all See also:Lower Berry, of which the town itself was the See also:capital. In the loth century Raoul of Deols gave his See also:castle to the monks of the abbey and transferred his See also:residence to Chateauroux. For centuries this See also:change did not affect the prosperity of the See also:place, which was maintained by the See also:prestige of its abbey. But the burning of the abbey church by the Protestants during the religious See also:wars and in 1622 the suppression of the abbey by the agency of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II., prince of See also:Conde and of Deols, owing to the corruption of the monks, led to its decadence.
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