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Saintonge shield

Saintonge

(săNtôNsh´) (pron: san-tone-zsh)

Capital: Saintes (pron: sahnt)
French annexation: 1375

The bishop’s miter refers to St. Eutrope, first bishop of Saintes and apostle of Saintonge, martyrized in the third century.

Saintonge provincial map