Saint-Cyr

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.

Saint-Cyr may refer to:

Places

France

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
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
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

Canada

Saint-Cyr River (Ottawa River), a tributary of the Ottawa River in Quebec
Saint-Cyr River (Opawica River), a tributary of Doda Lake in Quebec
Saint-Cyr River South, a tributary of the Mégiscane River in Quebec
Saint-Cyr Lake (Saint-Cyr River South), Quebec

United-Kingdom

Newton St Cyres, Devon

People

Claude Carra Saint-Cyr (1760–1830), French general
Claude Saint-Cyr (1911–2002), French fashion designer
Jacques-Antoine de Révéroni Saint-Cyr (1767–1829), French man of letters
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)

Other uses

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr (2001), a U.S. Supreme Court case involving habeas corpus relief for deportable aliens
The King's Daughters, English title of the 2000 French film Saint-Cyr

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