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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forCalvariansA monastic association of priests founded on Mont Valerien near the Bois de Boulogne about 1635 by a priest named Hubert Charpentier. It was founded in honor of the Passion of Jesus Christ, and with the abject of promoting Catholicism. Mont Valerien afterwards became known as Colline de Cal-valve. In 1617 one Pere Joseph founded a congregation of Calvarian nuns at Poitiers. In 1619 Virginia Braccelli established a congregation of Calvarian sisters at Genoa. See Schaff-Herzog; the Cath. Dict. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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