Abbey Saint-Pierre de Solesmes

the abbey Saint-Pierre de Solesmes (the Sarthe) is a Abbaye bénédictine whose origins go up with 1010.

The Abbey of Solesmes owes its international repute with Dom Guéranger, restorer in 1833 of the monastic life and the Ordre of the Benedictines in France after the Révolution, like with the liturgy and the Gregorian chant of which it is one of the high places.

Situation

The Abbey of Solesmes dominates the valley of the Sarthe, with approximately three kilometers of the town of Sablé-sur-Sarthe, between Mans and Angers. It is located on the small commune of Solesmes.

History

The Middle Ages

Rebirth

Modern times

Dom Guéranger and restoration

Contemporary time

The poet Pierre Reverdy has lived as from 1926 until his death in 1960 in the abbey, after a mystical revelation. It wrote there the many works among its more famous.

Structure and works of art

Foundations

The abbey of Solesmes founded many monasteries among which:

Liturgy and Gregorian chant

Masters of chorus
  • - 1914: Dom Mocquereau
  • 1914-1971 : Dom Joseph Gajard
  • 1971-1996: Dom Jean Claire (1920-2006)
  • 1996-2004: Dom Richard Gained
  • 2004 -: Dom Yves-Marie Lelièvre

See too

Internal bonds

  • Dom Guéranger

  • Dom Piolin
  • Dom Takes laths off
  • Dom Leduc
  • Ordre of Saint-Beno4it cheese
  • Saint-Benoît
  • Monachisme
  • Règle of saint Benoît
  • the commune of Solesmes

Books

  • Saints of Solesmes , Images of the inheritance nº 69, ISBN 2-90634-423-1

  • Dom Louis Soltner Solesmes and dom guéranger 1805-1875 , Solesmes, ISBN 2852740052

External bonds

  • Site of the Saint Pierre Abbey of Solesmes
  • Abbeys of the congregation of Solesmes in Provence
  • Congregation of Solesmes

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