According to a ancient tradition, the Puelles are the two women who collected the body of Saint Saturnin, also called Saint Sernin, the first Bishop of Toulouse, martyred by the Romans in the third century. Because they wanted to give him a Christian burial, they were driven out of the city and found refuge in this place, end their days and were buried there. That is why this village bears their name today.Mas Saintes-Puelles is a small village with a huitaine of kilometers west of Castelnaudary. In the Middle Ages, catharism affects part of the population, as in much of the Lauragais. In the xivth century, the Augustinians founded a convent to evangelize this sector again. But during the religious wars, the village is in the Protestant movement and defends this faith vigorously, as evidenced by a place called «La Planque» where Protestant communities lived. In 1622, the village was destroyed on order of King Louis XIII. In the same century, in 1675, a convent of the Order of Mercy was built for the Redemption of Captives, order founded in the thirteenth century by Saint Pierre de Nolasque, which was born, according to tradition, to the Mas Saintes-Puelles. The purpose of this Order was to grant Christians prisoners in the Holy Land, with its members ready to pledge themselves in exchange for the freedom of prisoners. The convent was destroyed in 1775.This charming village has a little over 800 inhabitants. Five locks of the canal du Midi are located on the commune. Until the nineteenth century, the village had six built mills built on the heights surrounding it. Two of these mills have been fully restored and reflect the past activity of the village. The Lauragais was also considered to be the bread basket of Languedoc from the Middle Ages.

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