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SEES , a See also:town of See also:north-western See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Orne, on the See also:river Orne 3 M. from its source and 13 M. N.N.E. of See also:Alencon by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) town, 2612; See also:commune, 3982. The town is a See also:bishop's see and has a See also:Gothic See also:cathedral remarkable for the boldness of its See also:architecture. 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 See also:dates from the 13th and 14th centuries and occupies the site of three earlier churches. The See also:west front, which is disfigured by the buttresses projecting beyond it, has two stately See also:spires of open See also:work 230 ft. high. The See also:nave was built towards the end of the 13th See also:century. The See also:choir, built soon afterwards, is remarkable for the lightness of its construction. In the choir are four bas-reliefs of See also:great beauty representing scenes in the See also:life of the Virgin; and the See also:altar is adorned with another depicting the removal of the See also:relics of St See also:Gervais and St Protais. The church has constantly been the See also:object of restoration and reconstruction. Other noteworthy buildings are the episcopal See also:palace (1778), with a See also:pretty See also:chapel; the higher See also:seminary, located in the old See also:abbey of St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin (sup-posed to be one of the fourteen or fifteen monasteries founded in the 6th century by St Evroult); and the sumptuous See also:modern chapel of the Immaculate Conception, a resort of pilgrims.
The first bishop of Sees (Saium, Sagium) was St Lain, who lived about the 4th century. In the 9th century Sees was a fortified town and See also:fell a See also:prey to the See also:Normans. At that See also:period Sees consisted of two distinct parts, separated by the Orne—the bishop's See also:burgh, and to the See also:south, the new or See also:count's burgh (Bourg le See also:Comte). From 1356 the See also:counts of Alencon were its possessors. It was captured and recaptured in the See also:wars between 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. of See also:England and his sons. In the See also:Hundred Years' See also:War it was one of the first towns of See also:Normandy to fall into the hands of the See also:English (1418). Pillaged by the Protestants during the Wars of See also:Religion, Sees attached itself to the See also:League in 1589, but voluntarily surrendered to Henry IV. in 1590.
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