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France
Saintonge
Charente-Maritime
Biron
Poitou-Charentes
Saint-Eutrope
Saint Eutropius of Saintes
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Biron - Saint-Eutrope / Notre-Dame

Biron - Saint-Eutrope / Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame is the parish church of Biron, a village 6kms east of Pons. Once the church was dedicated to Saint-Eutrope as a relic of "Saint Eutropius of Saintes", who came to the region to evangelize the Gauls in the 3rd century, was kept here. Erected within the 12th century the church got fortified soon after. During the 15th/16th century it got enlarged, the apse got vaulted and a chapel was added.

The calvarie cross seen in front of the church dates back to the 17th century and is listed in the Base Mérimée.

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