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Saint-Cyr

The toponym Saint-Cyr refers to the popular child-saint Saint Quiricus (Cyriacus), whose following was strong in France because relics were brought back from Antioch by the 4th-century Bishop Saint Amator of Auxerre. It may refer to:

  • École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, a French military academy; Saint-Cyr is a common name for the academy
  • École de Saint-Cyr, a boarding school for girls founded in 1684 by Madame de Maintenon
  • Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764–1830), Marshal of France
  • Cyprian St Cyr, psyeudonym of Eric Berne, Canadian-American psychoanalyst and founder of Transactional Analysis
  • Lili St. Cyr (1918–1999), prominent American burlesque stripper
  • Adolphus Frederic St. Sure (1869–1949), United States District Judge.(name anglicized)

The name or part of the name of several communes in France:

  • Saint-Cyr, Ardèche, in the department of Ardèche
  • Saint-Cyr, Haute-Vienne, in the department of Haute-Vienne
  • Saint-Cyr, Manche, in the department of Manche
  • Saint-Cyr, Saône-et-Loire, in the department of Saône-et-Loire
  • Saint-Cyr, Vienne, in the department of Vienne

also:

  • Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or, in the department of Rhône
  • Saint-Cyr-de-Favières, in the department of Loire
  • Saint-Cyr-de-Salerne, in the department of Eure
  • Saint-Cyr-des-Gâts, in the department of Vendée
  • Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges, in the department of Loire
  • Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul, in the department of Manche
  • Saint-Cyr-du-Doret, in the department of Charente-Maritime
  • Saint-Cyr-du-Gault, in the department of Loir-et-Cher
  • Saint-Cyr-du-Ronceray, in the department of Calvados
  • Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies, in the department of Val-d'Oise
  • Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg, in the department of Maine-et-Loire
  • Saint-Cyr-en-Pail, in the department of Mayenne
  • Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais, in the department of Vendée
  • Saint-Cyr-en-Val, in the department of Loiret
  • Saint-Cyr-la-Campagne, in the department of Eure
  • Saint-Cyr-la-Lande, in the department of Deux-Sèvres
  • Saint-Cyr-la-Rivière, in the department of Essonne
  • Saint-Cyr-la-Roche, in the department of Corrèze
  • Saint-Cyr-la-Rosière, in the department of Orne
  • Saint-Cyr-le-Chatoux, in the department of Rhône
  • Saint-Cyr-l'École, in the department of Yvelines, the city where the military academy was initially located
  • Saint-Cyr-le-Gravelais, in the department of Mayenne
  • Saint-Cyr-les-Champagnes, in the department of Dordogne
  • Saint-Cyr-les-Colons, in the department of Yonne
  • Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes, in the department of Loire
  • Saint-Cyr-Montmalin, in the department of Jura
  • Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan, in the department of Essonne
  • Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône, in the department of Rhône
  • Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, in the department of Indre-et-Loire
  • Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon, in the department of Ain
  • Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, in the department of Var
  • Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin, in the department of Seine-et-Marne

and:

  • Newton St Cyres in Devon, United Kingdom

and:

  • Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr (2001), a U.S. Supreme Court case involving habeas corpus relief for deportable aliens
  • Saint-Cyr, a 2000 French film