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Did you know? 12 Franco-Irish links to celebrate St Patrick’s Day

Links between the two countries go back centuries, including to the saint himself

Do people still celebrate their name days in France?

It is a French tradition to send people good wishes on their ‘name day’. We look at where this came from and whether the custom continues today

Two saints buried in one tomb still draws pilgrims to French priory

Holy relics, miracles and a necropolis of the dukes of Bourbon have put Souvigny’s priory church on the pilgrimage map since medieval times

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Why does eastern France celebrate Saint-Nicolas today?

Father Christmas may be known for his present delivery on December 24, but in the east of France, another bearded figure bearing gifts – saint Nicolas – is still celebrated much earlier, on December 6.

France to get new saint after carpenter survives 15m church fall

The Vatican has confirmed that French-born priest and hermit Charles de Foucauld will be canonised following ‘a miracle’ that occurred in France in 2016

Jeanne d’Arc – taking the myth out of France’s heroine

Jeanne’s visions convinced her she was on a mission from God, and – as Samantha David discovers – the 15th-century Maid of Orléans guided the French king from the edge of defeat to the brink of victory