Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
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| Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec) | |
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| Opened | 1637 |
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| Website | www |
| Official name | Hôtel-Dieu de Québec National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1936 |
The Hotel-Dieu de Québec is a teaching hospital located in
This hospital was the first such facility in Canada, and the first in North America, north of Mexico.[1]
History
The hospital was officially founded in 1637 in order to meet the colony's need for healthcare by Marie-Madeleine de Vignerot, the
Three young canonesses left their monastery in
The canonesses established the hospital at its first site in 1640, in what was then the village of
There the canonesses acquired the site and built the hospital that still stands. Serving the French colonists after that point, it became the leading medical institution for the care of the people of the city.
A new hospital for the poor was built in 1693 by Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Vallier, the second Bishop of Quebec, known as the Hôpital-Général de Québec. Initially four canonesses were sent to help in running the hospital. The bishop formally entrusted it to the canonesses of the Hôtel-Dieu in 1698, and the Sisters who served there became an independent monastery in 1701.[5]
The hospital was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1936.[6] The Hôtel-Dieu continued to be operated by the Augustinian canonesses until 1962.
Description
The site has structures that range in date from 1695 to 2001.[7]
The vaulted cellars that support the three-storey wings were built in 1695. Stone walls surround an adjoining Augustine cemetery, monastery, garden and cloister. Opened in 1803, the hospital chapel had its interior and façade remodelled in later years by Thomas Baillairgé.[7]
References
- ^ "The Augustinian Sisters and Québec City's Hôtel-Dieu". Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Répertoire des toponymes - Fiche toponymique: Hôtel-Dieu, rue de l'". Ville de Québec (in French). Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Les Augustines de la Miséricorde de Jésus de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec". Corporation de patrimoine et du tourisme religieux de Québec (in French). Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Répertoire des toponymes - Fiche toponymique: Hospitalières, rue des". Ville de Québec (in French). Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Répertoire des toponymes - Fiche toponymique: Récollets, rue des". Ville de Québec (in French). Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ Hôtel-Dieu de Québec. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ^ a b "Hôtel-Dieu de Québec National Historic Site of Canada". historicplaces.ca.
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