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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Digne
		Diocese of Digne numbers the following saints: St. Thyrsus of Sisteron and St. Promatius of Forcalquier, both perhaps of the third century; the abbots St. Marius and St. Donatus (fifth, sixth centuries), natives of
		Digne, founded the Beguines of Hyères and died in 1274; St.
		Digne, and who devote themselves alike to teaching and hospital work.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04793a.htm (913 words)

	Digne - LoveToKnow 1911
		DIGNE, the chief town of the department of the Basses Alpes, in S.E. France, 14 m.
		The neighbourhood of Digne is rich in orchards, which have long made the town famous in France for its preserved fruits and confections.
		The history of Digne in the middle ages is bound up with that of its bishops, under whom it prospered greatly.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Digne (244 words)

	Digne
		In 1822 Gap was made an episcopal see and, thus divested of the department of the Hautes Alpes, the present Diocese of Digne covers the territory formerly included in the Dioceses of Digne, Senez, Glandèves, Riez, and Sisteron.
		In 1899 the following institutions in the diocese were under the care of religious: 12 infant schools, 2 orphanages for boys and girls, 13 hospitals and hospices, 1 house of retreat and 4 houses for religious nurses.
		In 1905 (the last year of the Concordatory period) the Diocese of Digne had a population of 115,021, 35 pastorates, 314 succursal parishes (mission churches), and 13 curacies subventioned by the State.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/d/digne.html (683 words)

	Paris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Capital of the Alpes de Haute Provence, Digne is spread at your feet (608 m) at the shores of the Breone, set in a casket of mountains and amidst superb lavender fields.
		Digne les Bains was already named by Plinius and Ptolemaeus because of his water sources good for rheumatism and breathing problems.
		Digne became famous since Napoleon stopped here when he came back from Elba and Victor Hugo started his novel “Les Miserables “in Digne where Jean Valjean was sheltered by the good bishop.
	www.jack-travel.com /HauteProvence/html/Digne_les_bains.htm (531 words)

	Digne Immobilier, realty in provence
		Digne Immobilier is a well known as a consulting agency and intermediary in the real estate market of the region.
		Digne Immobilier garantees you a personal assistance up to your settlement in Digne, or in the Land of Forcalquier, the Luberon, the Valley of the Durance, the mountains of Lure or the Land of Sisteron.
		Digne Immobilier makes a point of listening to your requirements and puts at your disposal its expertise in the realm of real estate and its large and daily updated database of recent offers.
	www.digne-immobilier.com /agence.php?lang=en (265 words)

	Page personnelle de François Digne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Digne ``Shintani descent and L functions of Deligne-Lusztig varieties'' Proc.
		Digne et J. Michel, ``On Lusztig's parametrization of characters of finite groups of Lie type'', Astérisque 181-182 (1990) 113--156.
		Digne, G.I. Lehrer et J. Michel, ``The characters of the group of rational points of a reductive group with non-connected centre'' Journal de Crelle 425 (1992) 155--192.
	www.mathinfo.u-picardie.fr /digne (634 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - DIGNE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Salve, a Jew of Digne, with Rotelus of Olobrega (Israel of Valabrègue) and Bonfils of Beaucaire, was one of the commissioners appointed to apportion the tax which, in 1299, the Jews had promised to the Count of Provence, to whom Digne belonged.
		In 1305 Baruch of Digne, an eminent rabbi, had a heated controversy with his former teacher, Isaac Cohen of Manosque, and was excommunicated by him.
		Several Jews whose names indicated a connection with the town of Digne were established at Carpentras in the seventeenth century ("Rev. Et.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=353&letter=D (181 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hugh of Digne
		Hugh of Digne to the king, who was so impressed with his preaching that he endeavoured to retain him at court, but the saintly
		Hugh of Digne, which as in the case of his friend Salimbene in his early days was perhaps not inconsiderable, it is certain that he took an active and prominent part in the movement of the "Spirituals".
		Hugh of Digne in Spanish which is of indifferent critical value, was published in the "Chronica Seraphica" by Damian Carnejo, who asserts that
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07518b.htm (434 words)

	France : paca : Digne
		Digne les Bainsis is a Thermal spa with good flagrances of the lavender and its horizons are punctuated by the olive-trees.
		Very animated, it was born on a rock piton and spread out on its sides.
		Exploring humanistic centenary was stopped in Digne, attracted by its atmosphere: Alexandra David-Néel, exceptional Woman, first to enter the prohibited city of Lhassa.
	www.frenchwayoflife.net /int/ville.asp?v=Digne (123 words)

	Hugh of Digne
		It was while on a similar journey that he wrote to Blessed John of Parma, who was then at Greccio, prophesying in his letter, among other things, the death of the pope and of St. Bonaventure, and the extinction of the Order of the Templars.
		Whatever may be said of the influence of the prophetical writings of the Abbot Joachim of Flora upon Hugh of Digne, which as in the case of his friend Salimbene in his early days was perhaps not inconsiderable, it is certain that he took an active and prominent part in the movement of the "Spirituals".
		A brief biographical sketch of Hugh of Digne in Spanish, which is of indifferent critical value, was published in the "Chronica Seraphica" by Damian Carnejo, who asserts that Hugh of Digne died at Marseilles, where his remains now rest in the Franciscan church of that city beside those of his sister, Blessed Douceline.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/h/hugh_of_digne.html (322 words)

	Digne-les-Bains (Municipality, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The town is located on the river Bléone, on the bottom of the Préalpes de Digne mountains.
		Digne is the main center of lavender production in France.
		The flag of Digne is blue with a yellow fleur-de-lis in the middle of the flag, flanked by two mirrored yellow L letters.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fr-04-db.html (108 words)

	Lavender Digne, Themes Visit - by Provence Beyond
		It includes parades with floats, aïoli for everyone, folklorique events and a grand bal on the place De Gaulle.
		Comité des fêtes à Digne-les-Bains Centre Desmichels, Office de Tourisme de Digne
		The botanical garden is in the interior space of a medieval convent, and includes medicinal, aromatic, ornamental and edible plants.
	www.beyond.fr /themes/lavender_digne.html (156 words)

	Guide touristique du Pays de Digne
		Si nous avons sous-titré le Pays de Digne la vallée des dinosaures, c'est tout simplement parce que le territoire qui compose ce Pays comporte une importante réserve géologique qui représente une grande encyclopédie sur l'évolution de notre planète.
		Le pays de Digne en dehors de l'agglomération dignoise, siège administratif du département, se trouve être justement un cas typique de ce que nous venons d'expliquer.
		Le pays de Digne, qui bénéficie de la richesse "artificielle" due à l'implantation des services administratifs départementaux (conseil général, préfecture, ainsi que les principaux services publics), se doit de relever le défi de la revalorisation de son patrimoine naturel et touristique pour pouvoir être à même de relancer l'activité locale et la croissance démographique.
	www.netprovence.com /tourisme/departement/04/digne/index.html (661 words)

	The Galileo Project
		He returned to Digne in 1612 to become Principal of the College of Digne.
		He was appointed canon at the Church in Digne in 1614.
		In 1623-4 he was in Grenoble on a mission for the Digne chapter.
	galileo.rice.edu /Catalog/NewFiles/gassendi.html (1179 words)

	Provence Web Digne - Alpes de Haute Provence - Provenceweb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Digne offers the essential natural elements: pure air, clean water, and a protected natural slte.
		One of the centers of attraction in Digne is of another nature completely.
		The museum of Digne (art and natural history).
	www.provenceweb.fr /e/alaupro/digne/digne.htm (203 words)

	Digne Les Bains Golf Club South of France - Digne Les Bains Golf Course
		Featuring pines and oaks, some of which are over three hundred years old, the course scenery is an unusual mix of Mediterranean and mountain.
		Digne Les Bains Golf Course is comfortably installed in 173 acres, and comprises of a succession of loops heading to and from the Clubhouse.
		It is the highly touristic "Train des Pignes" railcar traveliing from Digne to Nice in 3 hours.
	www.golfinfrance.f9.co.uk /dignelesbainsgolfcourse.htm (322 words)

	eyestorm - article - Andy Goldsworthy: Open to the Elements
		Andy Goldsworthy's ongoing engagement with the landscape near the town of Digne, in Southern France, forms one of the most important parts of his sculptural practice.
		This museum - the Museum of Digne - boasts the largest collection of Goldsworthy's permanent, indoor works anywhere in the world, and it also houses the diaries that he has produced while working in the reserve.
		Goldsworthy's work in the reserve at Digne revolves around the building of cairns: cone-shaped masses of rocks that tribes have used as geographical markers for centuries, and whose form Goldsworthy expands into sculptures that gently harmonize with the landscape.
	www.eyestorm.com /feature/ED2n_article.asp?article_id=244&artist_id=90 (1319 words)

	Hotel Aiglon - Digne Les Bains - Alpes haute provence
		french riviera digne les bains alpes haute provence hotel residence chambres logement panoramiques 360 visite virtuelle
		au coeur de la ville de Digne les Bains qui jouit d'un climat french excepionnel riviera lui offrant plus de 300 jours de soleil par an, l'Hôstellerie de l'AIGLON vous accueille dans un cadre convivial et agréable.
		L'Hôstellerie de L'AIGLON vous propose ses 26 chambres, toutes digne équipées de douche, WC, télévision, sèche-cheveux, téléphone direct, réveil.
	www.hotelaiglon-digne.com (410 words)

	Tibet Events in Digne(France) - www.phayul.com
		On 18th November in the morning, " Promenade du Tibet " walking park was inaugurated in the presence of Mr Jean Louis Bianco, President of the Departmental council, Mr Serge Goaguen, Mayor of Digne, and Secretary general of the Prefect.
		These were fruits of seven years of tireless efforts of Mr Franck Treguier, Director of the Foundation, who collected new series of Tibetan thangkas, restored a number of rare photographies tracing the extraordinary life of Mrs Alexandra David Neel and prepared a miniature presentation of the different aspects of life of the Tibetan people.
		Mr Serge Goaguen, Mayor of Digne gave a moving speech, citing his own professional experiences how he came to be involved with the town of Digne and the life of David Neel.
	www.phayul.com /news/article.aspx?id=14753 (1176 words)

	Provence Web Digne Accueil Alpes de Haute Provence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Digne offre les éléments naturels essentiels : de l'air pur, de l'eau exceptionnelle et une nature protégée.
		Digne est une alternative idéale aux fatigués de la vie moderne, aux stressés des villes urbaines si polluées.
		Au coeur de Digne, la nouvelle ville se visite en flânant dans la rue Trou du Four, la montée Saint Charles jusqu'au Rochas et la cathédrale Saint Jérome.
	www.provenceweb.fr /f/alaupro/digne/digne.htm (249 words)

	Digne-les-Bains, France. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Covering over 150,000 hectares to the north and east of Dignes, the Réserve Naturelle Géologique de Haute Provence is the largest geological reserve in Europe, with fossils dating back 300 million years.
		The town's connection with Tibet is through the explorer Alexandra David-Neel, who managed to spend two months in the forbidden city of Lhasa disguised as a beggar in 1924.
		She spent the last years of her long life in Digne, dying there at the age of 101, and her house, Samten Dzong, at 27 av du Maréchal-Juin, is now home to the Fondation Alexandra David-Neel (guided visits only; daily except Sat 10.30am, 2pm & 4pm; free), devoted to her memory.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/france/digne-les-bains (357 words)

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