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Mont-Saint-Jean

(Encyclopedia) Mont-Saint-JeanMont-Saint-JeanmôN-săN-zhäN [key], village, Walloon Brabant prov., central Belgium, on a height S of Waterloo. The British resisted the French onslaught there at the end…

Mont-Saint-Michel

(Encyclopedia) Mont-Saint-MichelMont-Saint-MichelmôN-săN-mēshĕlˈ [key], rocky isle (1993 est. pop. 72) in the Gulf of Saint-Malo, an arm of the English Channel, Manche dept., NW France, 1 mi (1.6 km…

North Saint Paul

(Encyclopedia) North Saint Paul, village (1990 pop. 12,376), Ramsey co., SE Minn., a suburb of St. Paul, in a lake resort region; inc. 1888. Electronic equipment, concrete products, furniture,…

Paul VI, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Paul VI, Saint, 1897–1978, pope (1963–78), an Italian (b. Concesio, near Brescia) named Giovanni Battista Montini; successor of John XXIII. The broader international outlook of the…

Margaret Mary, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Margaret Mary, Saint, 1647–90, French nun of the Visitation Convent of Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire dept., France. Her family name was Alacoque. Jesus appeared to her in a number of…

Lytham Saint Anne's

(Encyclopedia) Lytham Saint Anne'sLytham Saint Anne'slĭᵺˈəm [key], town (1991 pop. 39,707), Lancashire, NW England, on the north shore of the Ribble estuary. It is a seaside resort. Lytham Saint Anne…