Filles-Dieu

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The Filles-Dieu ("daughters of God") were a French religious community founded before 1270, which was devoted to the service of the sick. Briefly known as Sisters of Saint-Gervais, since they were employed in the hospital of the same name in 1300.^{[citation needed]} Their branches were mainly in Paris, Orléans, Beauvais and Abbeville.^{[citation needed]} At the end of the 15th century the Paris house was on the Rue Saint-Denis, just a few metres from the Porte Saint-Denis, and was a home for two hundred ex-prostitutes.^[1] The Filles-Dieu wore a white robe and a black coat.^{[citation needed]}

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