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Héloïse: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born c.1098
Died May 15, 1164 • France
Notable Family Members spouse Peter Abelard

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Héloïse
Héloïse and Abelard, from The Romance of the Rose by Jean de Meun; in the Condé Museum, Chantilly, France.
Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
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Henri Arnauld
French bishop
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Antoine Arnauld
French lawyer
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Catherine Arnauld
French nun
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Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel
French philosopher and author
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
French philosopher Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France
Jules, Cardinal Mazarin
Jules, Cardinal Mazarin
French cardinal and statesman
Sylvester II, detail from the ivory vessel used at the consecration of Otto III, 996; in the Domschatzkammer des Aachener Domes, Aachen, Ger.
Sylvester II
pope
Bossuet, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698; in the Uffizi, Florence
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
French bishop
Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
Peter Abelard
French theologian and poet
Yves Congar, c. 1964
Yves Congar
French priest
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René Laënnec
French physician
Urban II
Urban II
pope
Suger, detail of a stained glass window, 12th century; in the abbey church of Saint-Denis, Fr.
Suger
French abbot
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Nicholas Oresme
French bishop, scholar, and economist
Nicholas II
Nicholas II
pope
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
French mystic

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