Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontgombault

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Fontgombault Abbey (or Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontgombault) is a Benedictine monastery of the Solesmes Congregation located in Fontgombault in the département of Indre, in the province of Berry, France.In 1091 Pierre de l'Étoile founded a Benedictine monastery on the banks of the Creuse River, near the spring or fount of Gombaud. In the 12th and 13th centuries the abbey experienced vigorous growth and established twenty or so priories. It is now the most populous of Solesmes' foundations, comprising over a 80 monks, and has in its turn founded another three religious houses in France — Randol Abbey, (1971), Triors Abbey (1984) and Gaussan Priory (1994) — as well as Clear Creek Priory in the United States in 1999.
As part of the Solesmes Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation, the abbey focuses on the use of Gregorian chant.Primitive Monastic Observance, Extra-ordinary Form of Roman Rites 1962,Monastic usage.
Place History English Video

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