Saint-Yves
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Saint-Yves can refer to:

Christian saints:
  • Saint Yves, also Saint Ives, one of two Christian saints: Ivo of Kermartin
    Ivo of Kermartin
    Saint Ivo of Kermartin , also known Yvo or Ives, as Erwann and as Yves Hélory , was a parish priest among the poor of Louannec, the only one of his station to be canonized in the Middle Ages. He is the patron of Brittany, lawyers, and abandoned children. His feast day is May 19...

     or Ivo of Chartres
    Ivo of Chartres
    Saint Ivo ' of Chartres was the Bishop of Chartres from 1090 until his death and an important canon lawyer during the Investiture Crisis....



People:
Saint-Yves (sometime "Saintyve") is a French surname, borne by a family of intellectuals living in Paris between the XVIIth and XXth centuries, notably:
  • Saint-Yves, Pierre (de)
    Saint-Yves (the elder)
    Saint-Yves, Pierre , was a French painter of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries.Pierre de Saint-Yves was born in the French Ardennes on May 3rd, 1660, within a family protected by Marie de Guise...

     (1660-1730), painter, member of the Royal Academy (Académie royale de Peinture et de Sculpture)
  • Saint-Yves, Charles (de)
    Charles Saint-Yves
    Charles Saint-Yves, or Charles de Saint-Yves, was a French ophthalmologist, famous for his treatment of the cataract and his treatise on ophthalmology.- Life and carrier :...

     (1667-1731), ophtalmologist and brother of the painter

  • Saint-Yves, Etienne Léoffroy de, ophtalmologist and son of Charles Saint-Yves
  • Saint-Yves, Charles Léoffroy de
    Charles (Léoffroy) de Saint-Yves
    Charles Léoffroy de Saint-Yves was an art critic and collector in Paris.- Life and career :Léoffroy de Saint-Yves was born in Paris on October 7, 1717, and belonged to a lineage of doctors that started with the ophthalmologist Charles Saint-Yves...

     (1717-1804), art critic and collector, son of Etienne Léoffroy de Saint-Yves

  • Saint-Yves, Guillaume-Alexandre (1804-1878), psychiatrist, descendant of the former
  • Saint-Yves, Alexandre, Marquess of Alveydre
    Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre
    Alexandre Saint-Yves, Marquess of Alveydre was a French occultist who adapted the works of Fabre d'Olivet and, in turn, had his ideas adapted by Papus...

     (1842-1909), writer and son of Guillaume-Alexandre Saint-Yves


Other uses:
  • Église Saint-Yves, the church of Saint Yves
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