Ordre de Notre-Dame du Refuge

Ordre de Notre-Dame du Refuge (Order of Refuge) was a religious order founded in 1624 by Elisabeth de Ranfaing in Nancy, France. Following the rule of Saint Augustine, it was founded for women recovering from a life of prostitution. Pope Urban VIII approved the order in 1634.[1][2]

The order was suppressed in 1793. It was reestablished after the French Revolution in Montpellier, and was absorbed in 1930 by the Franciscans of Mary Immaculate of Bordeaux.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Ranfaing, Marie Elisabeth de". Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper & Brothers. 1879.
  2. ^ "Ranfaing, Elizabeth of". New Catholic Encyclopedia. Gale Research. 2003.

Further reading

edit