Nationales contre aristocrates: une scission au sein du monastère des clarisses de l'Ave Maria (paris) pendant la Révolution française

• Autores: Pierre Moracchini
• Localización: Archivum Franciscanum Historicum, ISSN 0004-0665, Vol. 105, Nº. 1-4, 2012, págs. 403-454
• Idioma: francés
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  • PIERRE MORACCHINI. – «Nationales» contre «aristocrates»: une scission au sein du monastère des clarisses de l’Ave Maria (Paris) pendant la Révolution française (403-453) The Parisian Ave Maria monastery, a late 15th century foundation by the Observants, underwent a serious schism during the French Revolution. This conflict is known through the report of the interrogation of the Poor Clares by the police (February/March 1792), which is presented and transcribed in this contribution. When in 1790 the male Franciscan twin community at Ave Maria had to leave, only the confessor and the sacristan stayed behind. Yet, since both of them swore allegiance to the civil constitution of the clergy, one half of the Sisters, under the guidance of the Abbess, refused their services, whereas the other half adopted the revolutionary ideas in religious matters. What followed was a subtle psychological war between “patriots” and “aristocrats”, “schismatics” and “fanatics” among the Sisters, while still sharing large parts of daily life (apart from their common prayers). In the end, nearly all were determined to continue their life as Poor Clares. This did not materialize, though, since after the suppression of the monastery in late 1792, only three of the surviving Sisters found refuge among the Alençon Poor Clares, and this as late as in 1825. It was this community which recuperated an important part of the archives and the artistic patrimony of the Parisian Ave Maria monastery.