Editing Dominican Order (section)

===Dominican convent established===
Dominic became the spiritual father to several Albigensian women he had reconciled to the faith, and in 1206 he established them in a convent in [[Prouille]], near [[Toulouse]].<ref name="op.org" /> This convent would become the foundation of the Dominican nuns, thus making the Dominican nuns older than the Dominican friars. Diego sanctioned the building of a monastery for girls whose parents had sent them to the care of the Albigensians because their families were too poor to fulfill their basic needs.{{sfn|Tugwell|1982|pp=54–55}} The monastery in [[Prouille]] would later become Dominic's headquarters for his missionary effort. After two years on the mission field, Diego died while travelling back to Spain.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}