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  Saint-Germain may refer to:

People

  • Saint Germain of Paris
    Germain of Paris

    Saint Germain was a bishop of Paris, who was canonization in 754. He is known as the "Father of the Poor" and was born near Autun c. 496 and died in Paris on May 28, 576....
     (496-576), bishop of Paris who founded Saint-Germain-des-Prés
  • Germaine Cousin
    Germaine Cousin

    Saint Germaine Cousin is a France saint. She was born in 1579 of humble parents at Pibrac, a village about ten miles from Toulouse.Of her, the Catholic Encyclopedia writes:...
     (1579-1601), French saint
  • Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain
    Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain

    Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain , France general, was born on the 15th of April 1707, at the Ch?teau of Vertamboz.Educated at Jesuit schools, he intended to enter the priesthood, but at the last minute obtained from Louis XV of France an appointment as sub-lieutenant....
     (1707-1778), French general
  • Count of St Germain
    Count of St Germain

    The 'Count of St. Germain' has been variously described as a courtier, adventurer, charlatan, inventor, Alchemy, pianist, violinist and amateur composer, but is best known as a recurring figure in the stories of several strands of occultism – particularly those connected to Theosophy, where he is also referred to as the Master Rakocz...
     ("Comte de Saint-Germain"), the 18th-century adventurer/scientist and mysterious gentleman who claimed to be centuries old
  • St. Germain (musician), stage name of Ludovic Navarre, a French electronica and nu jazz musician
  • Gerry Saint Germain, Canadian Senator
  • Christopher St. Germain
    Christopher St. Germain

    Christopher St. Germain was a 16th century England common lawyer, legal writer, and Protestant polemicist....


Location

  • Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
    Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

    The Ch?teau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a French royal palace in the commune in France of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the d?partement in France of Yvelines, about 19 km west of Paris....
    , royal French chateau in the Île-de-France west of Paris
  • Boulevard Saint-Germain
    Boulevard Saint-Germain

    The Boulevard Saint-Germain is a major street in Paris on the Rive Gauche of the Seine river. It curves in an arc from the Pont de Sully in the east to the Pont de la Concorde in the west and traverses the 5th, 6th and 7th Arrondissements of Paris....
    , in Paris, France
  • Saint-Germain-des-Prés
    Saint-Germain-des-Prés

    Saint-Germain-des-Pr?s is an area of the VIe arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pr?s....
    , in Paris, France
  • communes in France:
    • Saint-Germain-en-Laye
      Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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      , city that has grown up around the above chateau
    • Saint-Germain, Ardèche
      Saint-Germain, Ardèche

      Saint-Germain is a Communes of France in the Ard?che Departments of France in southeastern France....
      , a commune in the department of Ardèche
    • Saint-Germain, Aube
      Saint-Germain, Aube

      Saint-Germain is a Communes of France in the Aube Departments of France in north-central France....
      , a commune in the department of Aube
    • Saint-Germain, Meurthe-et-Moselle
      Saint-Germain, Meurthe-et-Moselle

      Saint-Germain is a Communes of France in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France in northeastern France....
      , a commune in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle
    • Saint-Germain, Haute-Saône
      Saint-Germain, Haute-Saône

      Saint-Germain is a village and Communes of France in the Haute-Sa?ne Departments of France, in the France Regions of France of Franche-Comt?....
      , a commune in the department of Haute-Saône
    • Saint-Germain, Vienne
      Saint-Germain, Vienne

      Saint-Germain, Vienne is a village and Communes of the Vienne department in the Vienne departments of France of western France....
      , a commune in the department of Vienne
  • St. Germain, Wisconsin
    St. Germain, Wisconsin

    St. Germain is a town in Vilas County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,932 at the 2000 census....
    , a town in the United States


Events

  • Edict of Saint-Germain
    Edict of Saint-Germain

    The Edict of Saint-Germain was an edict of toleration promulgated by the Regent, Catherine de' Medici, in January 1562. It provided limited tolerance of Protestantism in her Roman Catholic realms, especially in relation to the French Huguenots....
    , 1562, recognizing the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion in the 16th century, signed in the chateau
  • Peace of Saint-Germain, 1570, a truce in the same wars
  • Treaty of Saint-Germain
    Treaty of Saint-Germain

    File:AustriaHungaryWWI.gifFile:Austria-Hungary post-division, William Shepherd 1926 atlas.jpgThe Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the new First Austrian Republic on the other....
    , also signed in the chateau, but at the end of World War I in 1919


Fiction

  • Count Saint-Germain (vampire)
    Count Saint-Germain (vampire)

    The Count Saint-Germain is a fictional character from a series of novels written by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. The character was inspired by an actual historical Count Saint-Germain, a mysterious figure in 18th century France....
    , fictional vampire and hero of two dozen novels by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
  • St. Germaine
    St. Germaine

    St. Germaine is the fictional town in North Carolina that is the setting for Mark Schweizer's mystery novel series .In the series, Police Chief Hayden Koenig solves peculiar crimes while spending his free time writing bad novels and leading the choir at the local Episcopal Church....
    , North Carolina, fictional town that is the setting for some of Mark Schweizer's mystery novel series
  • Saint Germaine (comics), a comic book from Caliber Comics
    Caliber Comics

    Caliber Comics or Caliber Press was an United States comic book publisher founded in 1989 in comics by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, in the next decade Caliber published over 1300 comics and ranked as one of the America's leading independent publishers....


Other uses


  • Paris Saint-Germain, Paris-based professional soccer team
  • Saint Germain Foundation
    Saint Germain Foundation

    The Saint Germain Foundation is a religious organization, with a major facility just north of Dunsmuir, California, in the buildings and property of the Shasta Springs retreat, and its headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois....
    , a spiritual organization in Northern California
  • Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café
    Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café

    Saint-Germain-des-Pr?s Caf? is a series of Nu Jazz compilation albums. Its name evokes the famous caf?s of the Saint-Germain-des-Pr?s associated with the existentialism movement....
    , a series of nu-jazz compilations
  • St. Germain, a French liqueur
    Liqueur

    A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage that has been flavored with fruit, herbs, Nut , spices, flowers, or cream and bottled with added sugar. Liqueurs are typically quite sweet; they are usually not aged for long but may have resting periods during their production to allow flavors to marry....
     made from elderflowers


See also

  • Sanctus Germanus
    Sanctus Germanus

    The Diocese of Sanctus Germanus is a Titular See of the Roman Catholic Church that is located in England. The first Titular Bishop was appointed to this Episcopal See on 12 February, 1970....
  • Germain
    Germain

    Germain, the French variant of the name Germanus, may refer to:People*Sophie Germain, French mathematician*Paul Germain, American animation producer...
  • Germanus
    Germanus

    Germanus is the Latin term referring to the Germanic peoples. A probably related meaning for the word in Latin is "blood relation", cognate to germen "seed" ....