Arces is a commune

Communes of France

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 in the Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime

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 department in southwestern France

France

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Population

Sights

The commune of Arces Dilo was formed in 1977 by the union of the former communes of Arces and Dilo.

Arces

• The eighteenth-century church of Saint-Michel, with a Tuscan
  Tuscan order
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   vault and a tower in the style of Soufflot
  Jacques-Germain Soufflot
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  . The patron saint
  Patron saint
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  s of the church are St. Ebbon and St. Michel.
• The Cross of St. Ebbon
• The Well of St. Ebbon, formerly believed to be able to cure fevers

Dilo

(Deilocus "a place dedicated to God")

Dilo owes its origin to a Premonstratensian

Premonstratensian

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 abbey

Abbey

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 (the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Dilo) founded in 1132 and enriched by many generous donations. The monks there developed an iron

Iron

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 and steel

Steel

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 works. During his exile in France to Pontigny

Pontigny

Pontigny is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France....

, Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket

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 (called St. Thomas of Canterbury) stayed at Dilo, where he consecrated

Consecration

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 the church in 1168.

The Chapel of Saint-Cartault, blessed and dedicated to worship in 1692, in the oldest parish

Parish

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 church.

Personalities

• Odo of Villemaur
• Aelis Comtesse de Nevers (widow of the Comte de Joigny Renard IV). Buried in the abbey church of Dilo, his tomb is now in the church of Joigny
  Joigny
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