List of Christian monasteries in France explained

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

Christian religious houses arranged by order

Augustinians

Benedictines

(including Cluniacs):

Carmelites

Carthusians

Cistercians

(including Trappists):

Dominicans

Franciscans

Premonstratensians

See also

Notes and References

  1. Tangi Cavalin, Nathalie Viet-Depaule: "La Mission de France et le carmel de Lisieux", Histoire monde et cultures religieuses, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2010, p. 141 ff. (ISSN 1957-5246, 2264-4938)
  2. Yves Durand: Les Grands carmes de Nantes: un couvent dans la ville: 1318-1790, Rome, Édition carmelitane, coll. "Textus et studia historica carmelitana" (No. 23), 1997,
  3. Jean-Baptiste Eriau: L'ancien Carmel du faubourg Saint-Jacques (1604-1792), 1929, Paris, de Gigord, A. Picard
  4. "Les Grands Carmes de Paris" in Abbayes, monastères et couvents de Paris, Paul and Marie-Louise Biver
  5. http://www.couventdelatourette.fr/ Website of the Convent of La Tourette
  6. Web site: The Capuchins: History and Current Community. dioiscrestois.cef.fr. French.
  7. https://wwtn.history.qmul.ac.uk/publications-static/pdfs/GravelinesPoorClares.pdf Register of the Poor Clares at Gravelines (pdf)