A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 18, 2022, Section C, Page 13 of the New York edition with the headline: Dangerous Beauty in the French Revolution.

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Religion and the French Revolution Established in the 16th century by two saints, Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross, the Order of Discalced Carmelites is a Catholic religious order.