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14 Centuries of Faith: How Benedictine Monks Are Reviving Their Ancient Abbey

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Amidst the decline of Catholicism in France, the reconstruction of the Abbey of St. Wandrille emerges as a powerful sign of renewal and hope for the future of the Church in France.

SAINT-WANDRILLE, France — The son of a noble family from the Verdun region of France in the seventh century, Wandrille held a prestigious position at the court of his kinsman, King Dagobert I.

However, desiring a life devoted to God, he retired to different abbeys in Europe such as the Abbey of Montfaucon-d'Argonne, in France, Bobbio Abbey founded by the Irish missionary St. Columbanus (543-615) in Italy, and the Abbey of Romainmôtier in Switzerland, before returning to Normandy.

In 649, St. Ouen of Rouen gave him the opportunity to settle in the valley of Fontenelle and established the monastery of Fontenelle, or Abbaye Saint-Wandrille (Abbey of St. Wandrille), using the Rule of St. Columbanus.

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