A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Orval, (Anne-Eleanor de Bethune d')

by Mary Matilda Betham

ORVAL (ANNE-ELEANOR DE BETHUNE D'), Abbess of Notre Dame du Val-de-Gif, in the Diocese of Paris;

A French lady, in the reign of Lewis XIV. celebrated for her learning and piety. She wrote many religious works, and died 1733, aged 76.

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