List of Christian religious houses in France

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

Christian religious houses arranged by order

Augustinians

• Chancelade Abbey, Chancelade, Dordogne[1]
• Fontenelles Abbey, Saint-André-d'Ornay, Vendée [2]
• Paris:
  • Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Mary and Jesus of the Perpetual Adoration (Congrégation des Sacrés Coeurs de Marie et de Jésus de l'Adoration Perpétuelle), Rue de Picpus, Paris, canonesses; formerly the Priory of the Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Victory of Lepanto. During the French Revolution the canonesses were expelled, and a certain Coignard took over the buildings as a nursing home for sick prisoners of the Terror: the Maison de Santé de Coignard. The gardens were used for the disposal of the bodies of the victims of the guillotine. After the revolution a community of canonesses was re-installed here, as a memorial to the many dead.[3]
  • Abbey of St. Genevieve, Paris[4]
  • Abbey of St. Victor, Paris[5][6]
• Sablonceaux Abbey, Sablonceaux, Charente-Maritime[7]
• Abbey of St. Jean des Vignes, Soissons[8]
• Abbey of St. Loup, Troyes[9]

Benedictines

(including Cluniacs):

• see List of Benedictine monasteries in France

Carthusians

• see List of Carthusian monasteries in France

Cistercians

(including Trappists):

• see List of Cistercian monasteries in France

Dominicans

• Convent of Sainte Marie de la Tourette (Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette), friars (Éveux, Rhône)[10]

Franciscans

• Capuchin Friary, Crest (Monastère des Capucins de Crest) Capuchin friars, (Crest, Drôme)[11]
• Convent of Poor Clares, Gravelines[12]

Premonstratensians

• see List of Premonstratensian monasteries in France

References

1. "Les Amis de l'Abbaye de Chancelade".
2. Yves Blomme, L'abbaye Notre-Dame des Fontenelles, pp153-159, in Congrès archéologique de France - 151e session - Vendée - 1993, Société française d'archéologie, Paris, 1996
3. "Le Cimetière Révolutionnaire de Picpus". The Pieton De Paris (in French). October 26, 2007.
4. "Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève". New Advent.
5. Coulter, Dale. "Abbey of St. Victor". faculty.leeu.edu/. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008.
6. "Abbey of Saint-Victor". New Advent.
7. "Abbey de Sablonceaux". abbaye-sablonceaux.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014.
8. "L'ancienne abbaye Saint-Jean des Vignes". Ville de Soissons (in French). Archived from the original on May 22, 2010.
9. "Saint-Loup Museum". City of Troyes (in French). Archived from the original on October 30, 2007.
10. Website of the Convent of La Tourette
11. "The Capuchins: History and Current Community". dioiscrestois.cef.fr (in French).
12. Register of the Poor Clares at Gravelines (pdf)

See also

• List of Carolingian monasteries
• List of Imperial abbeys