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unusual facts about Solesmes Congregation


Solesmes Congregation

One of its abbeys, Santo Domingo de Silos Abbey, temporarily became internationally famous when an album its monks recorded in 1973, Chant, became a huge hit when re-released in 1994, peaking at #3 on the U.S. album charts.


Abadía de San Benito

In 1914, Fr Fermín de Melchor led a number of monks from the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos, a Spanish monastery of the Solesmes Congregation, to Buenos Aires, Argentina to establish a monastic foundation.

Fontgombault Abbey

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fontgombault (Abbaye de 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.


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