Briefly known as Sisters of Saint-Gervais, since they were employed in the hospital of the same name in 1300.^{[citation needed]} Their branches were mainly in Paris, Orléans, Beauvais, and Abbeville.^{[citation needed]} At the end of the 15th century the Paris house was on the Rue Saint-Denis, just a few metres from the Porte Saint-Denis, and was a home for two hundred ex-prostitutes.^[1] The Filles-Dieu wore white robes and black coats.^{[citation needed]}