DENYS, St, a famous town of France, in the de-
partment of Paris. Here is an ancient and magnifi-
cent church, in which were the tombs of many of the
French kings; and in the treasury, among other curi-
osities, the swords of St Lewis and the Maid of Or-
leans, and the sceptre of Charlemagne. The abbey of
the late Benedictines, a magnificent piece of modern
architecture, has more the appearance of a palace than
a convent. In 1793, after the abolition of royalty,
the royal tombs in the church were all destroyed; and
the name of the town was changed to that of Franciade.
It is seated on the river Crouid, near the Seine,
five miles north of Paris. E. Long. 2. 26. N. Lat.
48. 56.