Paraclete

…foundation of nuns called the Paraclete. Abelard became the abbot of the new community and provided it with a rule and with a justification of the nun’s way of life; in this he emphasized the virtue of literary study. He also provided books of hymns he had composed, and in…

…of the community of the Paraclete (Le Paraclet), which he had been allowed to found. There Héloïse became abbess.