French abbess of Port-Royal and niece of Antoine Arnauld who led the convent during the most intense period of royal persecution of Jansenism.
Defended the Jansenist convent against Louis XIV's suppression campaign; her Conferences and other writings articulate the Port-Royal spirituality of Augustinian grace.
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