List of Christian religious houses in France

This is a list of Christian religious houses in France, both extant and non-extant, and for either men or women (or both).

Contents

Christian religious houses arranged by order

Augustinians

Benedictines

(including Cluniacs):

Carmelites

Carthusians

Cistercians

(including Trappists):

Dominicans

Franciscans

Jesuits

Premonstratensians

Other Orders

Notes

  1. ^ at the Revolution the canonesses were expelled, and a certain Coignard took over the buildings as a nursing home for sick prisoners of the Terror. The gardens however were used for the disposal of the bodies of the victims of the guillotine. After the revolution a community of canonesses was re-installed here, as a memorial to the many dead [1]
  2. ^ the home of Saint Therese of Lisieux

See also

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