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DEOLS , a suburb of the French town of Chateauroux, in the department of Indre. Pop. (1906) 2337. Deols lies to the north of Chateauroux, from which it is separated by the Indre. It preserves a fine Romanesque tower and other remains of the church of a famous Benedictine
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pilgrimage to the tomb of St Ludre gave importance to Deols, which under the name of Vicus Dolensis was in existence in the Roman period. In 468 the Visigoths defeated the Gauls there, the victory carrying with it the supremacy over the district
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capital . In the loth century Raoul of Deols gave his castle to the monks of the abbey and transferred his residence to Chateauroux. For centuries this change did not affect the prosperity of the place, which was maintained by the prestige of its abbey. But the burning of the abbey church by the Protestants during the religious wars and in 1622 the suppression of the abbey by the agency of Henry
Conde and of Deols, owing to the corruption of the monks, led to its decadence.End of Article: DEOLS If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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