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Solesmes, Sarthe / France

Solesmes is a commune in the Sarthe department and Pays-de-la-Loire region of north-western France. Lying close to the small town of Sablé-sur-Sarthe and almost entirely agricultural in character, the commune is especially noted as the site of the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, founded in 1010, suppressed by the National Constituent Assembly in 1791, and re-established by Dom Prosper Guéranger in 1833. A second abbey for women, St Cecilia's, is also located here.

Solesmes Abbey

Solesmes, Sarthe / France

Solesmes Abbey or St. Peter's Abbey, Solesmes is a Benedictine monastery in Solesmes , famous as the source of the restoration of Benedictine monastic life in the country under Dom Prosper Guéranger after the French Revolution. The current abbot is the Right Reverend Dom Philippe Dupont, O.S.B.