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having miraculously replaced the child's head, the child would come to taunt his father by throwing him a handful of dirt. Struck by divine vengeance, Conomor would have perished instantly.
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of the 14th century, Poher remains as one of the two archdeaconates in the
Bishopric of Cornouaille, the other archdeaconate also being called Cornouaille. It only included the deaneries of
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From then on, Poher is associated with the bulk of the bishopric, which leads Joëlle
Quaghebeur to consider that the Carolingian name Poher succeeds the name of Cornouaille.
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Its boundaries have been very fluid over the course of history, its land area tending to decrease over time. Hubert
Guillotel has it coinciding with the
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A viscount of Poher, named
Bernard, appears in the 11th century, and his lineage appears to have particular significance to the Sainte-Croix abbey of
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of sixth-century
Brittany. He would have killed numerous women, one after another, not sparing the last, Saint Tryphine, and her young child,
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of an inscription which reads "Marcus
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Guillotel, "La Bretagne des saints et des rois (Ve-Xe siècles)", Ouest-France Université, 1984 (
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Frotier de la Messelière, "Le Poher: Finistère et Côtes-du-Nord", Les Presses bretonnes, Saint-Brieuc, 1940
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and the middle of the Aulne's course." This author excludes any commune of the
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Poher was the seat of a powerful dynasty of counts in the
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Dark legend: Conomor, bloodthirsty prince of Poher?
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418:, Société archéologique du Finistère, 2001,
362:Mathuedoi I (907-930) married a daughter of
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368:Alan II, Duke of Brittany
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364:Alan I, Duke of Brittany
107:Bishopric of Cornouaille
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377:Bernard (11th century)
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501:Geography of Brittany
20:Modern flag of Poher.
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496:Culture of Brittany
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414:Joëlle Quaghebeur,
281:Historical evidence
187:Châteauneuf-du-Faou
472:48.2758°N 3.5744°W
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149:Clohars-Fouesnant
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271:Trec'h Meur
243:Carolingian
33:Cornouaille
490:Categories
460:48°16′33″N
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403:2858826137
382:References
191:Loqueffret
80:Old Breton
47:after the
463:3°34′28″W
350:in 1066.
344:Quimperié
291:Macliauus
263:Bluebeard
219:Le Faouët
203:Finistère
195:Brennilis
171:Rostrenen
141:Fouesnant
133:Cap Sizun
87:Plou-Kaer
333:Judicael
314:Cornwall
259:Kon Meur
215:Morbihan
137:Bigouden
61:Pou Kaer
37:Brittany
348:Hoel II
329:Salomon
322:Tristan
255:Conomor
232:History
199:Botmeur
127:pouillé
55:Origins
45:Carhaix
41:Osismii
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275:Gildas
167:Glomel
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248:Lives
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159:Aulne
124:In a
115:pagus
72:pagus
69:Latin
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420:ISBN
399:ISBN
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