Solitaire

…two of his brothers—established the solitaires (“hermits”), a Jansenist ascetic group, at Port-Royal des Champs in about 1638. Early in 1656, as the anti-Jansenist campaign was gaining strength in France, Le Maistre went into hiding in Paris, along with his uncle, Antoine Arnauld, and the philosopher Blaise Pascal, who had…

…building was occupied by the Solitaires (hermits), pious laymen and secular priests who lived without vows or a definite rule under the spiritual guidance of Jean Duvergier de Hauranne, abbot of Saint-Cyran and a friend of Cornelius Jansen. Among the Solitaires were several members of the Arnauld family. The Solitaires…