Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025
the Seventh Week after Easter
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Avranches

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Aviz, Military Order of
Next Entry
Awl
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

(Abrincalae) Former diocese, Manche, France, founded, c.500,added to Coutances, 1802. It was an important city of the Gallo-Roman period. The Council of Avranches, 1172, imposed penance on Henry II of England for the murder of Thomas Becket, forbade the conferring of benefices on children, and recommended observance of the Advent fast.

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Avranches'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/avranches.html. 1910.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile