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The Voyage of Saint Brendan
A modern painting showing the voyage of the 5th century CE Irish monk Saint Brendan, as told in the 'Navigatio Sancti Brendani abbatis'. Artist: Edward Reginald Frampton. (Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, USA)

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Abbey of Saint John at Müstair, Switzerland
The Abbey of Saint John at Müstair, located in the village of Müstair in Canton Graubünden, Switzerland, is an early medieval Benedictine monastery dating to the late 8th century CE. It became an abbey in 1163 CE and still functions as a...

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Monastery of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
The entrance to Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys monastery, founded by the Romano-British monk Gildas in the 6th century CE. Morbihan, France.

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Home of Saint-Just in Blérancourt
The house where Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just lived as a teenager in the rural town of Blérancourt, now a museum.

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Saint Gregory the Illuminator
A 14th century CE Byzantine mosaic of Saint Gregory the Illuminator (d. c. 330 CE), first bishop of the Armenian church. (Museum of Pammacaristos Church, Istanbul)

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Saint Cuthbert at Lindisfarne
Statue of Saint Cuthbert (c. 634 - 20 March 687) at Lindisfarne Priory.

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Banks of the Loing, Saint-Mammès by Sisley
An 1885 oil on canvas, Banks of the Loing, Saint-Mammès, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. (Private Collection)

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Château de Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire
Château de Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire, Loiret, France. A simple fortified tower in the 11th century, the château was transformed over the centuries to become the gem we can admire today. In the 16th century, the castle was transformed into a...

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Saint Peter
Statue of Saint Peter at the west doors of Notre-Dame, Paris.

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Château de la Ferté-Saint-Aubin
Château de la Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Loiret, France. First built in the 16th century, it was confiscated during the French Revolution. François-Victor Masséna, son of André Masséna (1758-1817, Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte...