Vitorchiano monastery

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Vitorchiano Monastery (Latin Abbatia BM Sancti Ioseph de Vitorchiano ; Italian Monastero Trappiste Nostra Signora de San Giuseppe ) has been an Italian Trappist abbey in Vitorchiano near Viterbo since 1957 .

history

The foundation of the Monastery of San Vito , which began in 1875 from the Lyon-Vaise Monastery , was moved to Grottaferrata in 1898 and from there to Vitorchiano in 1957. The abbey founded subsidiaries on several continents. The remains of Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu have been resting in Vitorchiano since 1957 .

Foundations

Abbesses

  • Immaculata Tiraboschi (1953-1958)
  • Armanda Borroni (1958–1964)
  • Cristiana Piccardo (1964–1988)
  • Rosaria Spreafico (from 1988)

literature

  • Bernard Peugniez , Le guide routier de l'Europe cistercienne. Wit des lieux. Patrimoine. Hôtellerie , Strasbourg, Editions du Signe, 2012 (p. 691).

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