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Our route led through the village of Gorze, and here we found the streets so obstructed with wagons that I feared it would take us the rest of the day to get through, for the teamsters would not pay the slightest heed to the cries of our postilions.
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A second reforming monastic impulse, springing from Gorze (founded 933) in Lotharingia (modern Lorraine) exercised an influence in Germany and central Europe.
983 2001
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A few miles beyond Gorze the French frontier was passed, and from this point on the countryside, with its deserted farms, rotting shocks of wheat, and uncut fields of grain, trampled down by infantry and scarred with trenches, excavations for batteries, and pits caused by exploding shells, showed war's devastating heel prints.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various
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Beyond Gorze, however, the road leading southwest through Chambley and
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various
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Our route led through the village of Gorze, and here we found the streets so obstructed with wagons that I feared it would take us the rest of the day to get through, for the teamsters would not pay the slightest heed to the cries of our postilions.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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March. in 766, and was buried at Gorze, to which by his will, which is still extant, he demised several estates.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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The country as far as the frontier town of Gorze seemed bathed in absolute peace.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various
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The saint built and endowed the monasteries of St. Peter, that of Gorze, and a third in the diocese of Worms, called Lorsh or Laurisham.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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He was buried in the monastery of Gorze, where his relics are still honoured on 6 September.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Many French churches obtained portions of the saint's body from Gorze, but in the general pillage of the French Revolution, most of these relics were lost.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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