JEAN) (1624-S4). A daughter of Robert Ar nauld d'Andilly, born in Paris, November 24, 1624. She beezune a nun at Port Royal des Champs in Paris, where she had been educated by her aunt.Marie Jacqueline Angelique Anisuld, sister of the great Arnauld. She was made sub prioress (1653), and on removing sonic years later to Port Royal de Paris she held the same office. During the persecution of the Port Royal ists because they were strong Jansenists, Ange lique Arnauld, by her piety and courage, sus tained the spirit of the sisterhood. They were scattered, and when reunited they were watched by soldiers, lest they should hold communication with persons outside of the convent. In 1669, however, was issued the edict of Clement IX. for the peace of the Church, which was a kind of compromise on this vexed question of Jansenism and Jesuitism. The nuns received back the privi leges of which they had been stripped, and con stituted their society anew. .Angelique Arnauld was again elected prioress. In 107S she was
made abbess. The next year her protectress, the Duchesse de Longucville. died, and the persecu tion recommenced by the prohibition to receive any more novices. Still Angelique did not de spair. She consoled the nuns, and exerted all her influence with persons in power. but with lit tle effect. At last she sank under a complication of griefs, and expired on January 29, 16:34, leav ing behind her as bright and beautiful a !Mllory as any of her countrywomen. She was learned without being pedantic, pious without bigotry, and gentle to others in proportion as she was severe to herself. Arnauld wrote sev eral works, the most valuable of which is Mc moires pour serrir ci la tic de la J.Dre Marie A ngeligue Arnauld de Sainte Madeleine, nyorma trice do Port Royal (Paris, 1742). For her life, consult: Martin (London, 1876) ; R. Monlaw (Paris. 1901).