Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle
Rives-en-Seine, France

Details

History

Founding : 649
Destroyed by the Normans : 858
Restored : 960, until 1790
Re-founded by Ligugé : 1894
Exiled : 1901
Monks return : 1931


Community

Abbot : Fr. Jean-Charles Nault,
Congregation : Solesmes
Monks : 34


Activity

brewery; store; restoration of old paintings; guesthouse

Resident of the Collegio

Henri Poujol

Student
Faculty of Philosophy
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

Abbaye de Saint-Wandrille

From the YouTube channel KTO TV

Photos used by permission of Philippe Chopin, cellérier of Saint-Wandrille