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2 unusual facts about Saint Calais


Covenham Priory

The manor, which formed the endowment of the priory of Covenham, was granted in 1082 by William the Conqueror to the abbot and convent of Saint Calais, Le Mans, at the request of the Bishop of Durham a former a monk of that abbey.

Saint Calais

According to the Vita Carileffi, Childebert I granted him lands, after an encounter in a forest where the king was hunting.



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Councils of Quierzy

ordered the monks of the abbey of Saint-Calais in the Diocese of Le Mans to return to their monastery, from which they falsely claimed to have been expelled by their bishop.

Saint-Calais

Saint-Calais was involved in the 1906 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France, the world's first motoring Grand Prix.