Paraclete

French religious community
Also known as: Le Paraclet

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role of Héloïse

  • Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
    In Peter Abelard: Career as a monk

    …foundation of nuns called the Paraclete. Abelard became the abbot of the new community and provided it with a rule and with a justification of the nun’s way of life; in this he emphasized the virtue of literary study. He also provided books of hymns he had composed, and in…

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  • Héloïse
    In Héloïse

    …of the community of the Paraclete (Le Paraclet), which he had been allowed to found. There Héloïse became abbess.

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