Oratory of the Paraclete

Pierre Abélard founded the Benedictine Oratory of the Paraclete near Troyes, France, after he left the Abbey of St. Denis about 1121.

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Pierre Abélard - Benedictine - Troyes - France - Abbey of St. Denis

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In 1125 he was elected by the monks of the Abbey of St. Gildas, near Vannes, Brittany (in present-day France), to be their abbot, so he turned the Paraclete over to Heloise, who had been in a convent in Argenteuil since taking the veil. She became the Paraclete's abbess and spent the rest of her life there. She and Abelard are buried together there.

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Abbey of St. Gildas - Vannes - Brittany - France - Abbot - Heloise - Argenteuil

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Paraclete comes from the Greek word meaning "one who consoles" and is found in the Gospel of John (16:7) as a name for the Holy Spirit, the name of the third person of the Trinity.

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Paraclete - Greek - Gospel of John - Holy Spirit

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