Le Saulchoir is a Dominican school of theology in the order's province of
France
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, established 1904.
After the expulsion from France in 1880, French Dominican friars went into exile in Spain and Austria; they were allowed to return in 1895, establishing themselves in the convent of
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After the renewed expulsion in 1903, the Dominicans were exiled to Belgium, residing at Kain (now a part of
Tournai
Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Eu ...
France
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and they established themselves in
Étiolles
Étiolles () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France, twenty-seven kilometers southeast of Paris.
Inhabitants of Étiolles are known as ''Étiollais''.
See also
*Communes of the Essonne department
The fol ...
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Essonne
Essonne () is a department of France in the southern ÃŽle-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659 across 194 communes.couvent Saint-Jacques in
Paris
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Marie-Dominique Chenu
Marie-Dominique Chenu (; 7 January 1895, Soisy-sur-Seine, Essonne – 11 February 1990, Paris) was a progressive Catholic theologian and one of the founders of the reformist journal '' Concilium''.
Early life
Chenu was born on 7 January 1895 ...