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Tradition has it that in the 5th Century, a certain Irish missionary spent time studying in this impressive island monastery.

Can you guess where it is located?

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A) St Patrick is said to have spent time studying at L’abbaye de Lérins, on the l’île Saint-Honorat, off the Riviera coast in region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

nito/Shutterstock — An Irish missionary is said to have studied here in the 5th Century

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