Filles-Dieu

The Filles-Dieu (French pronunciation: [fij djø], "daughters of God") were a French religious congregation founded before 1270, which was devoted to the service of the sick.

Background

Briefly known as Sisters of Saint-Gervais, since they were employed in the hospital of the same name in 1300.^{[citation needed]} Their branches were mainly in Paris, Orléans, Beauvais, and Abbeville.^{[citation needed]} At the end of the 15th century the Paris house was on the Rue Saint-Denis, just a few metres from the Porte Saint-Denis, and was a home for two hundred ex-prostitutes.^[1] The Filles-Dieu wore white robes and black coats.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

^ Sumption, Jonathan, The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle, Volume 1 of The Hundred Years War, 1999, University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 978-0812216554, google books^{[page needed]}

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[1] Sumption, Jonathan, The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle, Volume 1 of The Hundred Years War, 1999, University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 978-0812216554, google books^{[page needed]}

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