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Saint-Nazaire was renamed Port-Nazaire, Saint-Etienne became Armeville. Saint-Denis became La Franciade . The revolutionary toponyms only existed for a short time (from 1793 to the Restauration).
In 1793, during the French Revolution, under the dictatorship of Robespierre, Saint-Denis was renamed Franciade in a gesture of rejection of religion. In 1803, however, under the Consulate of Napoléon Bonaparte, the city reverted to its former name of Saint-Denis.
Saint-Denis is a city north of Paris, France. In 1793, during the French Revolution, it was briefly renamed Franciade to show a rejection of religion, but reverted to its original name in 1803.
Saint-Denis is a city north of Paris, France. In 1793, during the French Revolution, it was briefly renamed Franciade to show a rejection of religion, but reverted to its original name in 1803. According to legend, the bishop Denis of Paris was beheaded and martyred sometime during the 3rd...
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Before the Revolution and its anti-religious sentiment, Franciade was once called Saint-Denis. According to legend, during the 3rd century, Saint Denis was beheaded and martyred in Montmartre, which didn't not stop him from walking with his disembodied head under his arm to the village of Catolacus where he finally collapsed and was buried ...
St. Denis (born, Rome?—died 258?, Paris; feast day: Western church, October 9; Eastern church, October 3) was allegedly the first bishop of Paris, a martyr and a patron saint of France. St. St. Denis is also venerated as one of the 14 Holy Helpers, an assemblage of saints who were especially popular in the Middle Ages for their powers of ...
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Denis of France was a 3rd-century Christian martyr and saint. According to his hagiographies, he was bishop of Paris (then Lutetia) in the third century and, together with his companions Rusticus and Eleutherius, was martyred for his faith by decapitation.
