French scholar and religious figure Héloise secretly married Peter Abelard and later served as abbess of a convent that he founded; after their deaths, people discovered their letters, noted for their eloquence and emotional intensity. born in perhaps 1098 The French logician and philosopher eventually then prevailed upon this lady of great learning, mistress, and later wife to wear a habit of a postulant. She rose to prioress eventually of the Paraclete.