Heloïse, niece of Canon Fulbert, born at Paris; celebrated for her amour with Abelard (q.v.); became prioress of the convent of Argenteuil and abbess of the Paraclete, where she founded a new convent and lived a pious life (1101‒1164).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Helmont, Jean Baptist van * Heloïse, Nouvelle