Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans
Ursuline Convent was a series of historic Ursuline convents in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. In 1727, at the request of Governor Étienne Perier, nuns from the Ursuline Convent of Rouen (Normandy) went to New Orleans to found a convent, run a hospital, and take care of educating young girls.
Northwest façade of the Old Ursuline Convent
A 1733 elevation of the first building
The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula, is an enclosed religious order of women that in 1572 branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula. The Ursulines trace their origins to the Angeline foundress Angela Merici and likewise place themselves under the patronage of Saint Ursula. While the Ursulines took up a monastic way of life under the Rule of Saint Augustine, the Angelines operate as a secular institute. The largest group within the Ursulines is the Ursulines of the Roman Union.
Saint Ursula, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli (c. 1455–1460)
The tombstone of the Ursuline Sisters in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (New Rochelle, New York)
Ursuline Convent, Dallas, Texas (postcard, circa 1901–1907)
Ursuline Convent, Toledo, Ohio