known as Mother Angélique
Paris 1591 - idem 1661
Religious French woman.
Sister of Robert, writer; Antoine, theologian and Agnes, a religious person as well. She was a priestess and a reformer of Port-Royal since 1608.
All the family is linked to the Jansenism and Port-Royal history.
She is one of the most known characters of that time that lived in the house of the Solitaires. This house was located near Granges de Port-Royal des Champs.