Randol Abbey
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monastery, Order of Saint Benedict, catholicism, Roman Catholic church
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Randol) is a Benedictine monastery situated at Randol near the village of Saint-Saturnin, Puy-de-Dôme department, in the Auvergne mountains of France.
It was founded in 1971 as a priory of Fontgombault Abbey and was raised to the status of an independent abbey on 21 March 1981. The monastery building was constructed at the time of foundation in a striking contemporary style in a spectacular mountainside location.
It is part of the Solesmes Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation and as such focusses on Gregorian chant and the Tridentine Mass.
It was founded in 1971 as a priory of Fontgombault Abbey and was raised to the status of an independent abbey on 21 March 1981. The monastery building was constructed at the time of foundation in a striking contemporary style in a spectacular mountainside location.
It is part of the Solesmes Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation and as such focusses on Gregorian chant and the Tridentine Mass.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°38'36"N 3°4'22"E
- Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu 60 km
- Priory Saint Joseph-Saint Jodard 86 km
- Sept-Fons Abbey 112 km
- Sainte Marie de La Tourette 122 km
- Sanctuary of Ars 141 km
- Foyer Sacerdotal Jean-Paul II 142 km
- Saint-Gildard Convent 150 km
- Notre-Dame de Rimont Priory 167 km
- Notre- Dame of Triors Abbey 171 km
- 'The Noviciat' 175 km
- Château de la Bâtisse 5.4 km
- Rouillat Bas Cemetery 6.1 km
- Plauzat Cemetery 6.1 km
- Lac d'Aydat 7.2 km