Feuillant
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Feuillant, a French word derived from the Latin for leaf, has been used as a tag by two different groups:
- Feuillant (monks)Feuillant (monks)The Feuillants were monks of the Cistercian order who established an abbey in the diocese of Rieux in 1145.The abbey was named Notre-Dame-des-Feuillants and the name came to be applied to the monks too. Pope Gregory XIII established the Feuillants as a separate congregation in 1589 under their...
- Feuillant (political group)