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
- see List of Augustinian monasteries in France
Benedictines
(including Cluniacs):
Carmelites
Carthusians
- see List of Carthusian monasteries in France
Cistercians
(including Trappists):
Dominicans
Franciscans
Premonstratensians
See also
Notes and References
- 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)
- 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,
- Jean-Baptiste Eriau: L'ancien Carmel du faubourg Saint-Jacques (1604-1792), 1929, Paris, de Gigord, A. Picard
- "Les Grands Carmes de Paris" in Abbayes, monastères et couvents de Paris, Paul and Marie-Louise Biver
- http://www.couventdelatourette.fr/ Website of the Convent of La Tourette
- Web site: The Capuchins: History and Current Community. dioiscrestois.cef.fr. French.
- https://wwtn.history.qmul.ac.uk/publications-static/pdfs/GravelinesPoorClares.pdf Register of the Poor Clares at Gravelines (pdf)