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Encyclopedia > Avenay

Avenay is a commune of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie France. Its postal code is 14210. The INSEE code is 14034.






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Avenay is a commune of the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région in France.
Bertha was the founder and abbess of Avenay in the diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne.
Avenay is een gemeente in het Franse departement Calvados (regio Laag-Normandië) en telt 406 inwoners (1999).
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne | Christian Classics Ethereal Library (709 words)
When the people of Avenay suffered form lack of water, St. Peter appeared to Bertha and showed her a field where there was a good spring.
It became a holy well which cured diseases and supplied both her own nuns and the hamlet of Avenay with water.
Whether the abbey founded at Avenay followed the Benedictine or the Columban Rule, does not seem certain even to Mabillon.
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