Saint-Cyr Explained

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, pseudonym of Eric Berne, Canadian-American psychoanalyst and founder of Transactional Analysis
• Lili St. Cyr (1918–1999), pseudonym of Willis Marie Van Schaac, prominent American burlesque stripper
• Adolphus Frederic St. Sure (1869–1949), United States District Judge.(name anglicized)
• John St. Cyr (1936-2022), American politician and judge
• Johnny St. Cyr (1890–1966), American banjoist
• Jordan St. Cyr, Canadian recording artist

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