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

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

Further reading edit

Spillmann, L.; Benech, J. (1914). Du Refuge à la Maison de Secours 1624 - 1914. Histoire de la Clinique de Dermatologie (in French). Imprimerie Réunies de Nancy.

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[cyclopaedia-1] "Ranfaing, Marie Elisabeth de". Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper & Brothers. 1879.

[encyclopedia-2] "Ranfaing, Elizabeth of". New Catholic Encyclopedia. Gale Research. 2003.

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