Génovéfain
The Génovéfains , or Congregation of France, (whose name comes from Genevieve) is a French congregation which observes the Règle of saint Augustin.
It was founded by the Cardinal of Rochefoucauld, commendatory abbot of the Abbaye Holy-Genevieve of Paris. The purpose of she was to restore in the augustiniennes abbeys a rigorous observance preached by the Church following the Concile of Thirty.
Fifty-three monasteries were incorporated with this new congregation. At the 18th century, the order counted 107 monasteries and more than 1300 monks who dealt mainly with the hospitals and alms houses.
The génovéfains wore a white dress and a ratchet, as well as a black coat out of the convent
The seat of the congregation of the génovéfains was with the Holy-Genevieve abbey of Paris, located on the Montagne Holy-Genevieve, with the current site of the Lycée Henri-Iv, and whose church is currently the the Pantheon of Paris.
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