Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes · Solesmes Abbey
Internationally influential Benedictine abbey renowned for the modern restoration of Benedictine life in France and scholarship on Gregorian chant and liturgy.
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Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes is in Solesmes, Pays de la Loire, France and is a internationally influential Benedictine abbey renowned for the modern restoration of Benedictine life in France and scholarship on Gregorian chant and liturgy.. The origins of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes reach back to about 1010, when the site began as a priory.
Dom Prosper Guéranger restored Benedictine monastic life there in 1833. Under Guéranger and later monks, Solesmes became internationally influential in Catholic liturgy and the scholarly study and restoration of Gregorian chant, including manuscript research and publications from the 19th century onward.
The abbey’s present religious identity is centred on Benedictine prayer, liturgy and Gregorian chant. Older local relic devotions exist in the abbey’s history, but they are not necessary to establish its significance and are not treated here as independently verified relic identifications. Religious life or devotional practice associated with the site includes Benedictine monastic prayer, Gregorian chant, and liturgy of the hours.
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The origins of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes reach back to about 1010, when the site began as a priory. Dom Prosper Guéranger restored Benedictine monastic life there in 1833. Under Guéranger and later monks, Solesmes became internationally influential in Catholic liturgy and the scholarly study and restoration of Gregorian chant, including manuscript research and publications from the 19th century onward.
The abbey’s present religious identity is centred on Benedictine prayer, liturgy and Gregorian chant. Older local relic devotions exist in the abbey’s history, but they are not necessary to establish its significance and are not treated here as independently verified relic identifications.
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