Poligny

"We took up our position in a farm, called Poligny, while we were waiting for our artillery to prepare the ground, and we dug a small trench to put the wounded in.

The Diary of a French Army Chaplain Felix, Klein 1915

We arrived late at Poligny, a small town, surrounded by lofty mountains.

A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium Richard Boyle Bernard

The country between Poligny and Moray exhibits a continued succession of fir-trees, unmixed with any thing to give variety to the scene.

A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium Richard Boyle Bernard

About two leagues from Poligny is _Arbois_, famous for its white wine.

A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium Richard Boyle Bernard

“Yes, Colleague Claude, but that cursed Manor of Poligny, they make such a coil about, is not worth more to me than sixty gold crowns—taking one year with another.

I. The Abbot of St.-Martin’s. Book V 1917

Benedictine abbey of Baume-les-Moines (ninth-tenth century); St. Colette of Corbie (1381-1447) (q.v.), foundress of the Poor Clare convent at Poligny in which town her relics are preserved; her friend

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

A French bishop and writer; b. at Poligny (Jura), 1798; d. at

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Poligny was revived after the Revolution, the religious devoting themselves chiefly to children, especially foundlings.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Born at Poligny in 1592; died at Limoges, 19 Aug., 1672; member of the Oratory of Jesus, founded by de Berulle in 1611.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Among the congregations of nuns which were first founded in the diocese are: the Soeurs du Saint-Esprit, teachers and hospitallers, with their mother-house at Poligny, and the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception, teachers and hospitallers, with their mother-house at Lons-le-Saunier.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913