Order of Penitents
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The Order of Penitents was a religious order established by Bernard of Marseille about 1272 for the reception to the church of reformed courtesans. Noah Webster's Dictionary, 1828, under "penitent" affirmed "Order of penitents, a religious order established by one Bernard of Marseilles, about the year 1272, for the reception of reformed courtezans. The congregation of penitents at Paris, was founded with a similar view." [1]. The entry was repeated in Nuttall's Encyclopedia 1907.
In fact confraternities of penitents with a broader aim were founded by the Franciscans in the 13th century. The confraternities of penitents of Marseille were traced to the end of the 15th century by A. E. Barnes.
Compare the Magdalen Asylums.
[edit] Reference
- Barnes, A.E., "De Poenitentibus Civitatis Massaliae: The Counterreformation, Religious Changes, and the Confraternities of Penitents of Marseille, 1499–1792", Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, 1983.
[edit] External links
- Catholic Encyclopedia: "Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd","a shelter for girls and women of dissolute habits" founded at Caen, France, in 1641.
- Penitential Orders - From the Catholic Encyclopedia
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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
