Auxerre
School or library
prefecture and commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Location: 47.7975, 3.5669 · Pleiades 138206
What this place is
- School or library — The cathedral school of Auxerre under Haimo, Heiric and Remigius was one of the two or three places where Carolingian learning was actually done rather than merely encouraged.
Who is recorded here
- Amator of Auxerre birth · AD 344
- Germanus of Auxerre birth · AD 378
- Saint Patrick residence · AD 415
- Amator of Auxerre death · AD 418
- Romanus of Subiaco death · AD 550
- Fraternus of Auxerre death
In art
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About the place
Auxerre is the capital (prefecture) of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Paris. Auxerre's population today is about 35,000; the urban area comprises roughly 111,000 inhabitants. Residents of Auxerre are referred to as Auxerrois.
From Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-08-14 · CC BY-SA 4.0