PREMIER - Monastère des Ursulines à Québec - First Monastery of the Ursulines in Québec - Québec, QC
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Le premier Monastère des Ursulines à Quebec était situé à l'emplacement actuel de la Maison Barbel située au 5 de la Place Royale. The first Ursuline Monastery in Quebec was located on the site of the Barbel House, at 5 Place Royale.
Waymark Code: WMXW16
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 03/05/2018
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Le 1er août 1639, Marie de L'incarnation, ursuline de tours en France, et ses deux compagnes fondent à cet emplacement le premier monastère d'ursulines en Nouvelle-France. Dans une maison concédée par la compagnie des cent-associés, elles accueilleront jusqu'à dix-huit enfants pensionnaires.
Après le départ des ursulines pour la haute-ville en 1642, les augustines, arrivées en même temps que les ursulines, occupent à leur tour cette maison.
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Text of the plaque: Translation from the above French text:
On August 1, 1639, Mary of the Incarnation, Ursuline of Tours in France and her two
companions, founded on this site, the first monastery of Ursulines in New France. In a house conceded by the company of one hundred associates, they would welcome up to eighteen children boarders.
After the departure of the Ursulines for the Upper Town in 1642, the Augustines who arrived at the same time as the Ursulines, occupied the house.
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