[59] Pelet de la Lozère, p.207 (May 22, 1804).

[60] Decree of Messidor 3, year XII (June 22, 1804). - Letter of
Napoleon to the King of Naples, April 14, 1807, on the suppression of
convents at Naples: "You know that I don't like monks, as I have
uprooted them everywhere." To his sister Elisa, May 17, 1806: "Keep on
and suppress the convents."

[61] "État des congrégations, communantés et associations
religieuses," drawn up in execution of article 12 of the law of Dec.
12, 1876 (Imprimerie nationale, 1878): 1st. congregations of women
with a general superior, nurses and teachers, authorized from Prairial
28, year XI, to January 13, 1813, total, 42; 2nd. communities of women
without a general superior, nurses and teachers, authorized from April
9, 1806, to Sept. 28, 1813, total, 205.

[62] Ibid., Brethren of the Christian Schools, namely, of Saint Yon,
authorized March 17, 1808.

[63] Ibid., congregation of the Mission of Saint-Lazare, authorized
Prairial 17, year XI. - Congregation of the Seminary of Foreign
Missions, authorized Germinal 2, year XIII.

[64] Pelet de la Lozère, p.208 (May 22, 1804).

[65] Pelet de la Lozère, P.209

[66] Decree of March 17, 1808, article 109.