FRANCESCANE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA AL TEMPIG. – They were founded in 1858 at Dorat (France) by the priest Rougier (1853–95). They devote themselves to caring for sick priests and support themselves by making liturgical vestments and clerical clothing. The Blessed Sacrament is exposed every day in their chapels. Today there are 152 religious in 18 houses.
BIBL.: P. Norbert, Les religieuses franciscaines, Paris 1897, pp. 346–62. Cesario van Hulst