Jacqueline-Marie-Angélique Arnauld, S.O.Cist. or Arnault , called La Mère Angélique (8 September 1591, in Paris – 6 August 1661, in Port-Royal-des-Champs ), was abbess of the Abbey of Port-Royal , which became a center of Jansenism under her abbacy.
12-532: Arnauld is a surname and a masculine given name. It may refer to: Surname [ edit ] Agnès Arnauld (1593–1672), abbess of the Abbey of Port-Royal, near Paris, and a major figure in French Jansenism Antoine Arnauld (1612–1694), French Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician Antoine Arnauld (lawyer) (1560–1619), French lawyer in
24-498: A life of "abandonment" to God's providence. The picture of human nature was pessimistic, emphasizing sin as ompresence and salvation as a privilege for very few. Mother Angélique was counseled and sustained by Francis de Sales ; she wanted to join the group of Visitation nuns close to him, but was not successful. In 1625, thinking that the valley of Port-Royal was unhealthy for her religious, Mère Angélique established them all in Paris, in
36-643: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Agn%C3%A8s Arnauld Mother Agnès Arnauld, S.O.Cist. (1593–1672), was the Abbess of the Abbey of Port-Royal , near Paris, and a major figure in French Jansenism . She was born Jeanne-Catherine-Agnès Arnauld , a member of the Arnauld family , sister of Antoine Arnauld , "le Grand Arnauld" and of Mother Angélique Arnauld . She succeeded Angélique as head of
48-528: The Abbey of Port-Royal Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne (1618–1699), French diplomat and minister Given name [ edit ] Arnauld Mercier (born 1972), French former football player and current manager Arnauld de Oihenart (1592–1668), Basque lawyer, politician, historian and poet See also [ edit ] Friedrich von Arnauld de la Perière (1888–1969), German Luftwaffe Generalleutnant (lieutenant general) Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (1886–1941), German U-boat commander and
60-594: The Faubourg Saint-Jacques. In 1635, Arnauld came under the influence of Jean du Vergier de Hauranne , the Abbé of Saint-Cyran, one of the promoters of a school of theology which the Jesuits called Jansenism . She continually wrote letters encouraging some and condemning others, among the latter including even Vincent de Paul . During the 17th-century formulary controversy and the persecution of Port-Royal (1648–1652), she
72-556: The Parlement de Paris and a Counsellor of State under King Henry IV of France Antoine Arnauld (1616–1698) , French memoirist Carol Arnauld (1961–2022), French singer and songwriter Céline Arnauld (1885–1952), Romanian writer Henri Arnauld (1597–1692), French Catholic bishop Isaac Arnauld (1566–1617), seigneur de Corbeville and Intendant des finances of France Jean Arnauld , French 17th century philosopher and theologian Marie Angélique Arnauld (1591–1661), abbess of
84-710: The abbey in 1658, thus leading it during the most repressive anti-Jansenist period. She organised the movement against signing the Formulary of Alexander VII and for this was confronted by Hardouin de Péréfixe , the Archbishop of Paris . She was also the author of the Constitutions of Port-Royal, a text which reformed the material and spiritual rule of the abbey in a spirit of Cistercian renewal. Perle Bugnon-Secrétan, Mère Agnès Arnauld. 1593 - 1672. Abbesse de Port-Royal , Cerf, 1996, 272 p. Ang%C3%A9lique Arnauld Arnauld
96-562: The age of seven. The family forged her age on the documents forwarded to the Vatican. She was sent to be educated at Maubuisson Abbey , ruled by Angélique d'Estrées, sister of the Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of Henry IV . On 5 July 1602, months before her 12th birthday, she became coadjutrix to the Abbess of Port-Royal. She lived a worldly life as a nun, reading popular novels and frequently leaving
108-417: The monastery for society events. In 1608, a sermon preached by a visiting Capuchin prompted her to effect a reform in her monastery. She was instrumental in the reforms of several other monasteries, transforming them into place of ascetic rigor, with strict monastic enclosures, chapter of faults, silence, fasting, a diet without meat, and prayers beginning at 3:00 a.m. The spirituality practiced there encouraged
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132-452: Was forced to sign a document condemning the five propositions of Jansenism . She stepped down as abbess in 1630. Supporters persuaded her to write an autobiography, which was mostly the story of her community's resistance in the face of religious tribulations. It was of Mère Agnès and her religious that De Péréfixe , Archbishop of Paris, said: "These sisters are as pure as angels, but as proud as devils". Henry de Montherlant 's play told
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#1732851417732144-442: Was the third of the 20 children of the lawyer Antoine Arnauld , and one of six sisters of the philosopher Antoine Arnauld . From an early age, her family had determined that she should become not only a nun, but the superior of a convent. While Arnauld was being raised by Cistercian nuns in the Abbey of Port-Royal-des-Champs , at the prompting of her maternal grandfather, Abbess Jeanne Boulehart selected her as her successor at
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