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Location

The convent was located between streets , Rue Boucherat (now ), and .

History

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purchased the ''Hôtel de l'Ardoise'', a property located at the end of , in order to fund a second establishment for the Nuns of Our Lady of Calvary. The nuns settled in the building in 1633. The foundation stone of the church was laid in 1635 by Dutchess d'Aiguillon, who was standing in for her uncle

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. The convent, completed on April 10, 1637, was supposed to be named the "Convent of the

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" as requested by Father Joseph, but the church was consecrated in 1650 as the "Church of the Transfiguration". In the same period, the nuns of Our Lady took possession of the church. The Congregation of Our Lady of Calvary was dissolved in 1790 during the

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, and their property was sold as a national good on ''

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'' 8, Year V (September 29, 1796). In 1804, the Rue Neuve-de-Bretagne (now ) and Rue Neuve-de-Ménilmontant (now ), were established through the site of the former convent, without any permission. They were incorporated into the public road system in 1806. A third street and a passageway, which were planned as a part of the housing estate plan on the site, were not established.

References

Bibliography

* Napoléon Chaix, ''Paris guide, 1807'' , Librairie internationale. *

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'' , 1844. * Jean de La Tynna, ''Dictionnaire topographique, étymologique et historique des rues de Paris'' {{in lang, fr, 1817. Convents in Paris Former buildings and structures in Paris 1630s establishments in France Destroyed churches in France Roman Catholic churches in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris