About Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly
Lived 1624 – 1684 (aged 59). Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly was a French christian nun, nun and abbess.
Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly (28 November 1624 – 29 January 1684) was a French Jansenist nun. Niece of Angélique Arnauld, daughter of Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, and sister of Antoine Arnauld and Simon Arnauld, Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly was from the Jansenist Arnauld family.
Life She entered the Port-Royal-des-Champs in 1641 and taken her vows on 25 January 1644. Becoming sub-prior in 1653, she and her four sisters heavily opposed the formulary. Arrested in August 1664, she was held at the convent of the Annonciades until 1665. Refused the sacraments until the Clementine peace in 1669, she was made abbess in 1678.
Works
Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly published an account of her captivity (1711), the Conférences, the Réflexions, the Relations. She was also a collaborator on the Nécrologe de l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Port-Royal des Champs, Ordre de Cîteaux, Institut du Saint Sacrement; qui contient les éloges historiques avec les épitaphes des fondateurs & bienfaiteurs de ce monastère, & des autres personnes de distinction (1723).
Aux portes des ténèbres : Relation de captivité, Préf. Sébastien Lapaque; notes de Louis Cognet, Paris, Table ronde, 2005 Relation de la captivité de la mère Angélique de Saint Jean, religieuse de Port-Royal des Champs, Paris, Gallimard, 1954 Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Port Royal; et à la vie de la Révérende Mère Marie Angélique de Sainte Magdeleine Arnauld, Réformatrice de ce Monastère, Utrecht, [s.n.], 1742 Lettres de la mère Angélique de S. Jean à Mr. Arnaud, écrites depuis que la communauté fut transférée à Port-Royal des Champs jusqu'à la paix de l'Église, [S.l.s.n], 1600–1699 Conférences de la mère Angélique de Saint Jean, abbesse, sur les constitutions du monastère, 1665 Discourse of Angélique de Saint-Jean called ‘Miséricordes’ Discourses on the Rule of Saint Benedict On the Danger of Hesitation and Doubt once we know our duty
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French Jansenist nun
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Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly was born on 28 November 1624.
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Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly died on 29 January 1684.
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Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly was a christian nun, nun and abbess.
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Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly was French.
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