Dombes

Even today, St Guinefort's story is well known in the Dombes region, and researchers have revealed possible links between this history and the famous Welsh legend of Gelert - another noble dog that died a martyr.

Deities of the Canine Kind Jan 2009

It was in c.1250 AD when a Dominican priest called Stephen of Bourbon first learnt of the tomb of St Guinefort, located in a sacred grove within the remote Dombes region north of Lyons, France.

Deities of the Canine Kind Jan 2009

A further Lutheran-Catholic statement Communio sanctorum [Communion of Saints], (2000) and a statement of the famous Group of Dombes in France Mary in God's Salvation Plan and in the Communion of Saints (1997) deepened this view and brought further progress in a common understanding and believing.

Presentations made by Cardinal Walter Kasper and Archbishop Rowan Williams at 'Mary and the Unity of the Church' Ecumenical Conference 2008

The book opens with a fulsome dedication to the prince de Dombes—to whom it is sometimes attributed—“at; whose side and under whose orders the author has had the honor to work in the kitchen a hundred times.”

Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

The book opens with a fulsome dedication to the prince de Dombes—to whom it is sometimes attributed—“at; whose side and under whose orders the author has had the honor to work in the kitchen a hundred times.”

Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

The cult of St. Guinefort, who specialized in dispatching sickly children, astonished the inquisitor who happened upon it in the Dombes, a region north of Lyons, around the year 1250.

The Greyhound Saint Little, Lester K. 1981

A little eastward is the “Observatoire Gay,” from which a steep path, the Montée des Carmes Déchaussées, 536 yards long, descends to the city, reaching it by the side of the station of the Chemin de Fer des Dombes (page 30).

The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

The Marquis de Lauzun took her at her word, and never forgave her for the cession of the principalities of Dombes and Eu to M. le Duc du Maine; he wanted them for himself.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

The Bresse extends from the Dombes on the south to the river Doubs on the north, and from the Saône eastwards to the

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

The Lyons terminus of the Dombes railway is the station of St. Paul (p. 30).

The South of France—East Half C. B. Black