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Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix, & Roussillon (1912)

Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923 · New York : Dutton · leaf 309

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inthe Valley of theRibereta, called alsothe River of Taurinya—anciently the Llit-era. Opposite Codaletthe Font de Lliteramay still be found.The valley comprisesthe territories of Co-dalet and Taurinya,with the abbey,founded in 878 or 879,and one of the mostflourishing in the dis-trict. The Abbot… … PLAN OF ABBEY OF S. MICHEL DE CUXA. ABBEY OF S. MICHEL DE CUXA 261 a very large one for the period. Its reputation forsanctity attracted distinguished neophytes, as, forinstance, S. Pietro Orseolo, the sainted Doge of Venice,who was so carried away by the eloquence of AbbotGuarin during his visit…

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