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>I'm not enthusiastic about it either (because the Latin adjective is
ordinarily Abrincensis). But Avranches' originally C11 cathedral,
destroyed in the unpleasantness of 1789, _was_ dedicated to Andrew.
See (e.g.) Daniel Levalet, "The Cathedral Church of St. André at
Avranches", _Archeologie medievale_ 12 (1982), 107-53.
Best again,
John Dillon
On Monday, June 26, 2006, 2:58 pm, John Briggs wrote:
> John Dillon wrote:
> >
> > Possibly Avranches. Andrew is said to be its patron saint.
>
> I'm not enthusiastic about that: the cathedral seems to be St
> Gervais-St
> Protais, and I would expect the "v" to be represesented in Latin
> by "b".
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