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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Abbeville · Alexandria

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Abbeville

Also known as

Abbaticovilla
Abbatis villa
Abbavilla
Abbegem
Abbeville (Somme)
Abbéville

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This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

birthplace ofÉric Lalouette1951 CE
birthplace ofFrançois-Xavier Villain1950 CE
birthplace ofHenri Padé1863 CE
birthplace ofHervé Marseille1954 CE
birthplace ofJacques Aliamet1726 CE
birthplace ofJean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville1782 CE
birthplace ofJean-Claude Leclercq1962 CE
place of death ofJean-François de la Barre1745 CE
birthplace ofJean-François-Joseph Lecointe1783 CE
birthplace ofLe Sieur de Machy17th c. CE
place of death ofLouis Antoine François Baillon1778 CE
place of death ofMax Lejeune1909 CE

+ 7 further connections to entries not yet ingested

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