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Some Saxons already lived along the Saxon shore of Gaul.
We can trace them in the documents, but in the archeology and in the toponymy too.
The Notitia Dignitatum mentions the Tribunus cohortis primae novae Armoricanae, Grannona in litore Saxonico.
The location of Grannona is uncertain and was identified by the historians and toponymists at different places, mainly with the town known today as Granville ( nowadays in Normandy ) or nearby.
The Notitia Dignitatum does not explain where these " Roman " soldiers came from.
Some toponymists proposed another location for Grannona / Grannonum, that is to say Graignes ( Grania 1109-1113 ).
It could be the same element * gran, that is recognized in Guernsey ( Greneroi 11th c .).
This location is closer to Bayeux, where Gregory of Tours evokes otherwise the Saxones Bajocassini ( Bessin Saxons ), that were ineffective to defeat the Breton Waroch in 579.
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