Port-Royal, Convent of, Jansenist centre. A convent of Cistercian nuns was founded in 1204 at Port-Royal, a marshy site SW of Paris (hence ‘Port-Royal-des-Champs’). In 1602 ( Jacqueline Marie) Angélique Arnauld was appointed abbess; converted to a new view of her responsibilities in 1608, she undertook far-reaching reforms. In 1625 the community moved to a new house in Paris (‘Port-Royal-de-Paris’), and in 1627 it was removed from the jurisdiction of Citeaux . In 1635 S. Zamet, Bp. of Langres, handed over the direction of Port-Royal to Saint-Cyran , Jansen's associate; after his death in 1643 his influence was maintained by Antoine Arnauld , the ...