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Carmel of Lisieux

The Carmel of Lisieux is a Carmelite monastery founded in 1838 in the town of Lisieux, France. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux lived in the monastery from 1888 until her death in 1897.

History

The Carmel of Lisieux was founded in 1838 by Father Pierre Sauvage. The first prioress was Mother Geneviève of Saint Therese. One of the early prioresses was Marie-Pauline Martin.

In 1861, the monastery founded a daughter monastery in Ho Chi Minh City.

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