Ordre de Notre-Dame du Refuge (Order of Refuge) was a religious order founded in 1624 by Elisabeth de Ranfaing in Nancy, France. Following the rule of Saint Augustine, it was founded for women recovering from a life of prostitution. Pope Urban VIII approved the order in 1634.[1][2]
The order was suppressed in 1793. It was reestablished after the French Revolution in Montpellier, and was absorbed in 1930 by the Franciscans of Mary Immaculate of Bordeaux.
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edit- Spillmann, L.; Benech, J. (1914). Du Refuge à la Maison de Secours 1624 - 1914. Histoire de la Clinique de Dermatologie (in French). Imprimerie Réunies de Nancy.
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