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Didier De La Cour
The Congregation of St. Vanne or Congregation of St. Vanne and St. Hydulphe ( French: ''Congrégation de Saint-Vanne et Saint-Hydulphe'' was a Benedictine reform movement centered in the Duchy of Lorraine. It was formally established in 1604 on the initiative of Didier de La Cour, prior of the Abbey of Saint-Vanne near Verdun, a reformer of the Benedictine Order after the Council of Trent. The Abbey of St. Hydulphe at Moyenmoutier was a secondary centre of the reform. Abbey of Saint-Vanne A church dedicated to Vitonus (Saint Vanne) in Verdun was mentioned in documents as early as 701. The Benedictine Abbey of St-Vanne, dedicated to Vitonus, was established on the site in 952. History To counteract the evils resulting from the practice of bestowing ecclesiastical benefices upon secular persons in commendam, then rife throughout Western Europe, Didier de la Cour, Prior of the Abbey of St.-Vannes in Lorraine, inaugurated in 1598 a strict disciplinary reform with the full approbation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Religious Congregation
A religious congregation is a type of Religious institute (Catholic), religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from Religious order (Catholic), religious orders – the other major type of religious institute – in that members take simple vows, whereas members of religious orders take solemn vows. History Until the 16th century, the vows taken in any of the religious orders approved by the Holy See, Apostolic See were classified as solemn.Arthur Vermeersch, "Religious Life" in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911 . Accessed 18 July 2011. This was declared by Pope Boniface VIII (1235–1303). According to this criterion, the last religious order foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jumièges Abbey
Jumièges Abbey (), formally the Abbey of St Peter at Jumièges (), was a Benedictine monastery. Its ruins are situated in the commune of Jumièges in the Seine-Maritime Departement of Normandy, France. History Around 654 the abbey was founded on a gift of forested land belonging to the royal fisc presented by Clovis II and his queen, Balthild, to the Frankish nobleman Filibertus, who had been the companion of Saints Ouen and Wandrille at the Merovingian court of Dagobert I. Philibert became the first abbot, and Balthild's generosity added "many gifts and pastures from the royal fisc" but he was later obliged to leave Jumièges through the jealousy of certain enemies, and spent a period of exile from Neustria at the court of Bishop Ansoald of Poitiers; afterwards he founded monasteries at Pavilly, Montivilliers and Noirmoutier, where he died in about 685. Among those inspired by his example was the Irish monk Sidonius, who founded the monastery at Saint-Saëns. Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meuse (département)
Meuse () is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse. Meuse is part of the current region of Grand Est and is landlocked and borders by the French departments of Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Belgium to the north. Parts of Meuse belong to Parc naturel régional de Lorraine. It had a population of 184,083 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 55 Meuse INSEE Front lines in during ran varying courses through the department and it hosted an important battle/offensive in 1916 in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montzéville
Montzéville () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Meuse department The following is a list of the 499 Communes of France, communes of the Meuse (department), Meuse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of ... References Communes of Meuse (department) {{Meuse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dom Pérignon (monk)
Minister (Christianity)#Dominie, Dominee, Dom, Don, Dom Pierre Pérignon (; December 163814 September 1715), was a French Benedictines, Benedictine monk who made important contributions to the production and quality of Champagne wine in an era when the region's wines were predominantly still red. Popular myths frequently, but erroneously, credit him with the invention of sparkling wine, sparkling Champagne, which did not become the dominant style of Champagne until the mid-19th century. The famous Champagne Dom Pérignon, the prestige ''cuvée'' of Moët & Chandon, is named after him. The remains of the monastery where he spent his adult life is now the property of that winery. Biography Pérignon was born to a clerk of the local Provost (civil)#Provost Marshals, marshal in the town of Sainte-Menehould in the Champagne (province), ancient Province of Champagne in the Kingdom of France. He was born in December 1638 and was baptism, baptized on 5 January 1639. He was the youngest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierry Ruinart
Dom (title), Dom Thierry Ruinart (also Theodore, Theodoricus) (1657–1709) was a French Benedictine monk and scholar. He was a Maurist, and a disciple of Jean Mabillon. Of his many works, the one now cited is his ''Acta sincera'', a martyrology, written in Latin (French translation 1732 by Drouet de Maupertuy). His work is one of the main sources of Alphonsus Liguori's "Victories of the Martyrs". He was also interested in oenology. In 1729 his nephew Nicolas Ruinart founded the Champagne (wine), champagne house of Ruinart (champagne), Ruinart, which operates to this day (2007). Biography Thierry Ruinart was born at Reims on June 10, 1657. After completing his classical studies he entered (October 2, 1674) the Maurist Congregation of the Benedictines, Benedictine Order at the Abbey of Saint Remy, Abbey of Saint-Remy at Reims which, in that era, produced in France a brilliant company of distinguished scholars. His seriousness, deep piety, and fine intellectual gifts soon made him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rémy Ceillier
Rémy (or Rémi) Ceillier (1688 – November 17, 1761) was a Benedictine monk of the Lorraine Congregation of St. Vanne. An eminent French theologian, he was an ecclesiastical historian. Biography Rémy Ceillier was born in Bar-le-Duc. He received his early education at the Jesuit College at Bar-le-Duc. After completing the course of humanities and rhetoric, he entered, in 1705, the monastery of Moyenmoutier in the Vosges, belonging to the Benedictine congregation of St-Vannes and St-Hydulphe.Healy, Patrick. "Rémi Ceillier." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908 Later he was appointed professor in the same monastery, a position which he held for six years. In 1716 he was made dean of Moyenmoutier, in 1718 prior of the monastery of Saint Jacques de Neufchât ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senones Abbey
Senones Abbey (''Abbaye de Senones'') was a Benedictine abbey located in the valley of the Rabodeau, in the present village of Senones in Grand Est, France. History The abbey was founded in the middle of the 7th century by Saint Gondelbert, bishop of Sens, who was also the first abbot. Gondelbert arrived in the Rabodeau valley and named his monastery after the diocese of Sens (''Senonis'' in Latin).Goyau, Georges"Sens"''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company (1912) In 661, Childeric II, king of Austrasia, donated the Val de Senones to Gondelbert, who dedicated the church to ''Notre Dame''. The monks followed the ''Rule of Saint Benedict''. The '' Vögte'' ("advocates"), from at the latest the 12th century, were the Counts, later Princes, of Salm, in whose lands the abbey stood. There was frequent conflict between the abbey and its ''Vögte'' up the end of the monastery's existence. In the 16th century however the conflicts became so severe that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Augustin Calmet
Antoine Augustin Calmet, (; 26 February 167225 October 1757), a French Benedictine abbot, was born at Ménil-la-Horgne, then in the Duchy of Bar, part of the Holy Roman Empire (now the French department of Meuse, located in the region of Lorraine). Calmet was a monk as well as a learned man, and one of the most distinguished members of the Congregation of St. Vanne. In recognition of these qualities he was elected prior of Lay-Saint-Christophe in 1715, Abbot of St-Léopold at Nancy in 1718, and of Senones Abbey in 1729. He was twice entrusted with the office of Abbot General of the congregation. Pope Benedict XIII wished to confer episcopal dignity upon him, but his humility could not be brought to accept the honor. Calmet died at Senones Abbey, in the Vosges, near Saint-Dié, on 25 October 1757. Biography Augustin Calmet was born on 26 February 1672, in Ménil-la-Horgne, near Commercy in the Lorraine, to the modest family of Antoine Calmet. His father was a blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congregation Of St
Congregation may refer to: Religion * Church (congregation), a religious organization that meets in a particular location * Congregation (Roman Curia), an administrative body of the Catholic Church * Religious congregation, a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church * Congregation (group of houses), in some religious orders of the Catholic Church Music * The Congregation (band), an English pop group * ''Congregation'' (The Afghan Whigs album), 1992, and its title song * ''Congregation'' (Kerbdog album), 2014 * ''The Congregation'' (Johnny Griffin album), 1957 * ''The Congregation'' (Leprous album), 2015 * "Congregation" (song), by Foo Fighters, 2014 Other uses * Congregation (university), a formal meeting of a university See also * Congregate (other) * Congregational church, Protestant churches in the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition * '' Qahal'', an Israelite organizational structure often translated as 'congregation' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
