trappistes

Updated: May 8, 2025

The Trappistes, or first order, are distinguished by the appellation of Frères Convers, the others by that of Religieux de Coeur.

W.D. Fellowes - A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 : With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. : Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot

The Trappistes, who compose the first order, are clothed in dark brown, with brown mantle and hood; the others are in white, with brown mantle and hood.

W.D. Fellowes - A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 : With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. : Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot

He informed me that the Père Abbé was then absent, visiting a convent of Female Trappistes, a few leagues distant, but that he should be happy to show me every attention; and requested that in going over the Convent, I would neither speak nor ask him any questions in those places where I saw him kneel, or in the presence of any of the Monks.

W.D. Fellowes - A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 : With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. : Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot