Saintonge

Saintonge shield

(saNtôNsh´) (pron: san-tone-zsh)

Capital: Saintes (pron: sahnt)
French annexation: 1375

The bishop’s miter refers to St. Eutrope, first bishop of Saintes and apostle of Saintonge, martyrized in the third century.

Saintonge provincial map
Information courtesy of State Historical Society of North Dakota