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Benedictine Priory of Saint Pierre de Solesmes, Sarthe, France, c. 1010
The monastery of Solesmes, on the bank of the Sarthe, on the frontier between Maine and Anjou, France, was created at the beginning of the eleventh century at the initiative and on the lands of the seigneur Geoffrey de Sable. The great abbey of St Peter de la Couture at Le Mans, to whom the new establishment was entrusted, sent thither the first Benedictine monks. For eight centuries Solesmes remained dependent on the Abbey of la Couture, of which it was a priory. The charter of this gift was drawn up on the occasion of the dedication of the new church of the monastery. It took place certainly on a 12th of October between 1006 and 1015. The year of the foundation received by tradition as the foundation- date, 1010, is pure conjecture.
Benedictine Priory of Saint Pierre de Solesmes, Sarthe, France, c. 1010
The monastery of Solesmes, on the bank of the Sarthe, on the frontier between Maine and Anjou, France, was created at the beginning of the eleventh century at the initiative and on the lands of the seigneur Geoffrey de Sable. The great abbey of St Peter de la Couture at Le Mans, to whom the new establishment was entrusted, sent thither the first Benedictine monks. For eight centuries Solesmes remained dependent on the Abbey of la Couture, of which it was a priory. The charter of this gift was drawn up on the occasion of the dedication of the new church of the monastery. It took place certainly on a 12th of October between 1006 and 1015. The year of the foundation received by tradition as the foundation- date, 1010, is pure conjecture.