Saint-Aignan
Appearance
Saint-Aignan may refer to :
Catholic saints
[edit]- Saint Aignan of Orleans (358–453), Bishop of Orléans, France, feast day 17 November
- Saint Aignan, Aegnanus, or Aman, of Besançon (died c. 374), Bishop of Besançon, feast day 5 September
- Saint Aignan of Chartres (5th century), Bishop of Chartres who allegedly did not exist and whose portrayed life was based on the one of Saint Aignan of Orléans
Places in France
[edit]- Saint-Aignan, Ardennes
- Saint-Aignan, Gironde
- Saint-Aignan, Loir-et-Cher
- Saint-Aignan, Sarthe
- Saint-Aignan, Tarn-et-Garonne
- Saint-Aignan, Morbihan
- Mont-Saint-Aignan, in the Seine-Maritime department
- Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain, in the Mayenne department
- Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil, in the Calvados department
- Saint-Aignan-des-Gués, in the Loiret department
- Saint-Aignan-des-Noyers, in the Cher department
- Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu, in the Loire-Atlantique department
- Saint-Aignan-le-Jaillard, in the Loiret department
- Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë, in the Mayenne department
- Saint-Aignan-sur-Ry, in the Seine-Maritime department
Nobility
[edit]A line of family members bearing the title of comte de Saint-Aignan:
- Honorat de Beauvilliers, comte de Saint-Aignan (1579-1622), whose life was saved by Charles de Blanchefort at the Battle of Ponts-de-Cé (1620)
A line of family members bearing the title of Duke of Saint-Aignan :
- François de Beauvilliers, 1st duc de Saint-Aignan (1610-1687), first in line to be elevated to dukedom by Louis XIV of France
- Paul de Beauvilliers, 2nd duc de Saint-Aignan (1648-1714)
- Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, duke of Saint-Aignan (1684-1776)