Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Religious orders Women's orders and congregations

Bernardine of Esquermes

BERNARDINE DI ESQUERMES

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BERNARDINE OF ESQUERMES. - Three French Cistercian nuns, driven out by the Revolution and having returned to their homeland in 1797, resolved to live together and opened a boarding school at Douai which, two years later, they transferred to Esquermes, near Lille.In 1827 an attempt was made to bring the community of Esquermes back to the observance of the Cistercian rule, but the boarding school, which had meanwhile grown greatly, ill reconciled its requirements with those of an eminently contemplative life. New constitutions were therefore drawn up, approved by the Holy See in 1901, and other houses were opened in other cities, so that today the Institute numbers 8 of them, with about 300 religious dedicated to the instruction and education of young women.

Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 1404.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Bernardine di Esquermes.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 1404. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bernardine-di-esquermes.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Bernardine di Esquermes.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1404. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bernardine-di-esquermes.

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@incollection{ec2_bernardine_di_esquermes,
  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Bernardine di Esquermes},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {1404},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bernardine-di-esquermes}
}

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