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Lisieux (French: ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland.
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Lisieux is a commune. It is found in the region...
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Lisieux is a commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France. Death place of St. Therese of Lisieux (Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus), who entered the Carmelite convent at the age of 15.
Lisieux, town, formerly capital of the district known as the Pays d’Auge, Calvados département, Normandy région, northwestern France. Lisieux has become a world centre of pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thérèse, a Carmelite nun who died there in 1897 and was canonized in 1925.
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The Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse of Lisieux (French: Basilique Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux) is a Catholic church and minor basilica dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. Located in Lisieux, France, the large basilica can accommodate 4,000 people and, with more than two million visitors a year, is the second largest pilgrimage site in France ...
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For Catholics, Lisieux is synonymous with the young Thérèse Martin, a model of 19th-century piety. However, Lisieux has a much longer history, going back to Roman times. Then, with the establishment of the duchy of Normandy in medieval times, it became the seat of a bishop’s palace, with a cathedral. The bishop-counts of Lisieux were forceful figur...
Tragically, a major part of the historic town was destroyed in World War II bombings. However, many of the places associated with the greatest figure of 19th-century Lisieux, Thérèse Martin, survived. Born in Alençon in the south of Normandy, Thérèse moved with her family to Lisieux when she was four. Following the example of her older sisters, she...
Follow in the footsteps of Sainte-Thérèse. Born in Alençon on 2nd January 1873, Thérèse lived in Les Buissonnetswhen her mother died. This house – where she lived from the age of four to the age of 15 (the age at which she entered the convent) – holds the memories of Thérèse’s childhood. The Carmelite Chapel houses the Shrine of the Saint and the H...
Château de Saint-Germain-de-Livet: just south of Lisieux, this chateau, known as the ‘wonder of the Pays d’Auge’, is now owned by the town of Lisieux. Situated at the bottom of a valley, it is a 16th-century architectural gem, with its coloured, patterned stones and green-varnished bricks. The interiors are embellished with 16th-century frescoes an...
Lisieux cathedral. There are two cathedrals in the department of Calvados and the town of Lisieux is lucky enough to boast one of them. Lisieux, ancient capital of a Gallo-Roman tribe called the “Lexovii”, entered the Christian era and quickly became the seat of the bishopric.
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Lisieux is France’s second most famous pilgrimage site and reknown all over the world. The many pilgrims flocking to the town first make their way to the imposing Basilica of Lisieux which dominates the town’s skyline before visiting the Carmel, former convent of Sainte-Thérèse and Les Buissonnets, her childhood home.
