Annunciators
The Annonciades or Annuntiatinnen (from French: annonciades, Latin : Ordo de Annuntiatione Beatae Mariae Virginis , order abbreviation : OAnnM ) are a contemplative Roman Catholic women's order , which was founded by Joan of France , the Duchess of Berry and daughter of Louis XI., 1501 in Bourges was founded. Pope Alexander VI approved the rule of the order on February 12, 1502 by the bull Ea quae .
The sisters wear a gray-blue habit with a red scapular and white cord, a white shawl and a black veil. You work in social services and in the field of parament embroidery . Spiritually they try to imitate the ten virtues of Mary. Hence her second name of the ten virtues of the Virgin Mary .
The Generalate is now located in Saint-Doulchard in the Cher department, Center region, in central France, in the immediate vicinity of Bourges, where the order was founded. Another six branches are located in France and Belgium.
They are to be distinguished from the Cölestinerinnen , also called Italian or Blue Annunti women.
Monasteries
- Annunciate Monastery Düren (1624–1802), first Annunciate convent in Germany
- Annuntiate convent Aachen (1649–1802)
- Annuntiate convent "Klein Bethlehem" Hildesheim (around 1660-?, Afterwards children's home)
Personalities
- Hedwig Margarethe Elisabeth von Rantzau (1624–1706), founder of the annuntian convent "Klein Bethlehem" in Hildesheim
- Maria Clementine Martin
Web links
- Information about the founder
- Information about the Order ( Memento of March 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (French)
- Order's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klosterstrasse Hildesheim Hildesheim.de