(Out of 54 communities, there were two of men, the "Peres du tiers-ordre de Saint-Francois" and the priests of "la Misericorde," one founded in 1806 and the other in 1808.)] [Footnote 31107: "Memorial de Sainte-Helene." Napoleon adds" that an empire like France may and must have some refuge for maniacs called Trappists."-- Pelet de la Lozere, p.208.

(Session of the council of state, May 22, 1804.) "My intention is to have the house of foreign missions restored; these monks will be of great use to me in Asia, Africa, and America....

I will give them a capital of 15,000 francs a year to begin with....

I shall also re-establish the 'Sisters of Charity;' I have already had them put in possession of their old buildings.

I think it necessary also, whatever may be said of it, to re-establish the 'Ignorantins.'"] [Footnote 31108: Roederer, III., 481.