The FEUILLANTINES, founded in 1588 by Jean de la Barrière, embraced the same rule and adopted the same austerities as the Feuillants. Matrons of the highest distinction sought admission into this severe order, which soon grew in numbers, but during the Revolution, in 1791, the Feuillantines disappeared. HÉLYOT, Hist. des ordres (Paris, 1719); CARETTO, Santorale del S. Ordine Cisterciense (Turin, 1708); SARTORIUS, Cistercium bis-tertium (Prague, 1700); BAZY, Vie du Vénérable Jean de la Barrière (Toulouse, 1885); MOROTIUS, Cistercii reflorescentis … chronologica historia (Turin, 1690); CHALEMOT, Serie Sanctorum et Beatorum S. O. Cist. (Paris, 1670); Gallia Christiana, XIII; JANAUSCHEK, Orig. Cist. (Vienna, 1877); Voyage littéraire de deux religieux de la cong. de S. Maur in MARTÈNE AND DURAND (Paris, 1717); JONGELINUS, Notitia abbatiarum Ord. Cist. (Cologne, 1640). Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. Bibliography InformationObstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Feuillants'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/f/feuillants.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
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