At the end of the 16th century, the royalty and the clergy set out on the reconquest of Catholicism with the creation of new convents and the extension of existing ones. The hill of La Croix-Rousse was thus to return to the religious usage it had had back in antiquity. From 1584 and in the course of the following century, its slopes would see 30 religious communities, giving rise to the nickname which is now used of the Fourvière hill - "the hill which prays".
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| - At the end of the 16th century, the royalty and the clergy set out on the reconquest of Catholicism with the creation of new convents and the extension of existing ones. The hill of La Croix-Rousse was thus to return to the religious usage it had had back in antiquity. From 1584 and in the course of the following century, its slopes would see 30 religious communities, giving rise to the nickname which is now used of the Fourvière hill - "the hill which prays".
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| - At the end of the 16th century, the royalty and the clergy set out on the reconquest of Catholicism with the creation of new convents and the extension of existing ones. The hill of La Croix-Rousse was thus to return to the religious usage it had had back in antiquity. From 1584 and in the course of the following century, its slopes would see 30 religious communities, giving rise to the nickname which is now used of the Fourvière hill - "the hill which prays". The first communities set up here were by Carthusian monks from Grenoble, thanks to their good relations with the church in Lyon. In effect, they came to help the clergy of Lyon when pillaged by Forez Guy in the 12th century and had also obtained privileges such as an exemption from tolls on their journeys to Lyon. However, on a visit by king Henry III of France in August 1584, two Carthusian monks were presented to request that he grant permission to found a house of their order in the town of Lyon. They were successful, with the king even pledging 30,000 livres to its construction (though he never paid it) and choosing its name - Chartreuse du Lys St Esprit. In 1589, Henry III died and was succeeded by Henry IV of France who rushed to declare himself founder of Carthusian monastery and to confirm its exemptions and privileges. These exemptions and privileges were reconfirmed by Louis XIII then by Louis XIV. The Carthusians thus began by acquiring the Giroflée estate on the banks of the Saône then extending their lands by purchasing those of their neighbours little by little, until they had a total property of 24 hectares. Contrary to what might be supposed, their extension of their property bore no relation to an expansion in their numbers (they remained at only 28 monks) and they instead related it to their monastic rule - they were eliminating all their neighbours so as to better live their life of solitary contemplation.
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