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Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (French: Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste, la Saint-Jean, Fête nationale du Québec), also known in English as St John the Baptist Day, is a holiday celebrated on June 24 in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Abbaye Saint-Jean-de-Réome in Monasticon Gallicanum (17th century) John of Réôme was born in Courtangy, France, around 450. [2] At the age of 20 he became a hermit at Réôme (now Ménétreux), but was joined by disciples. When their numbers grew too great he escaped to Lérins Abbey, where he became a monk. [3]
The Phai speak a language also called Phai, which belongs to the Khmuic branch of Austroasiatic languages [2] There are several dialects called Phai, that are sometimes hardly mutually intelligible. Geographic Distribution
Stained glass windows,Collection Cinquantenaire, Brussels. Arms of abbot Guillelmus Herent (1643), Brussels. The abbey was founded in 1129 by Duke Godfrey, surnamed "Barbatus" ("the Bearded"), who possessed an immense park near Leuven and had invited the Premonstratensians to take possession of a small church he had built there.
In 1876, the Saint Jean mission was established, located at the mouth of the Saint-Jean River after which the mission was named. The name "St. Jean" already appeared on a Franquelin map from 1684. Its post office opened in 1877. The Municipality of Saint-Jean was formed in 1968. [5]
Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye, in the Eure department; Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte, in the Sarthe department; Saint-Jean-de-la-Neuville, in the Seine-Maritime department; Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte, in the Savoie department; Saint-Jean-de-la-Rivière, in the Manche department; Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle, in the Loiret department; Saint-Jean-de-Laur, in the ...
The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society (French: Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste, pronounced [sɔsjete sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ batist]) is an institution in the Canadian province of Quebec dedicated to the protection of Quebec francophone interests and to the promotion of Quebec sovereignism. It is known as the oldest patriotic association in French North America. [1]
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec, a former municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec that is now part of Mont-Joli, Quebec Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Restigouche, New Brunswick , Canada Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society (Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste), institution in Quebec dedicated to protection of francophone interests