This place, located at the narrow entrance of a loop where the river Marne made its way round a rocky outcrop, [ 3 ] was probably named after the moats of an ancient Celtic oppidum and later a Roman castrum ; the site was known in medieval documents as Castrum Bagaudarum , at a time when the marauding Bagaudae had developed a legendary reputation as defenders of Christians against Roman persecution.
Massive foundations, sited so far from a Roman frontier , were attributed by C. Jullian [ 4 ] to a temple or a villa instead. In Merovingian times, Gallo-Roman villas in the royal fisc were repeatedly donated as sites for monasteries under royal patronage. One of the early abbots was Saint Babolen died c. It prompted fierce religious intolerance in Paris and eventually led to the , St.
Bartholomew's Day massacre. The structure was demolished for the value of its materials; virtually nothing remains. After the abbey itself was abandoned, its church providing building materials in the town.
Germaine Tailleferre — was the only woman in the group of composers known as Les Six. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics.
On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship the children of immigrants are not listed as immigrants. US Lusitanos Saint-Maur was founded in by Portuguese immigrants who worked in a factory in the town. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item.
