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  • The story of the first monastery he stays in, The Abbey of St Wandrille de Fontanelle, a gorgeous Benedictine establishment, is concerned with the effects of adapting to a silent, regulated existence.

    On Silence « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • It was a full day, and I was exhausted when we finally settled down for dinner at a tourist-free, subterranean restaurant called Alle due Fontanelle.

    Promise Me Richard Paul Evans 2010

  • Wandrille, situated in a charming hollow watered by the Fontanelle, a humble tributary of the great river.

    Normandy, Illustrated, Part 1 Gordon Home 1923

  • Wandrille, situated in a charming hollow watered by the Fontanelle, a humble tributary of the great river.

    Normandy, Illustrated, Complete Gordon Home 1923

  • In a few days the bustle began to subside. the furs were done up in packs ready for transportation to the States and parties were formed for hunting the ensuing year One party consisting of 110 men were destined for the Blackfoot Country under the direction of L B Fontanelle as commander and James Bridger Pilot

    Journal of a Trapper 1914

  • (Spain) in 1880, Glanfeuil in 1892, and Fontanelle (St. Wandrille), founded 649, in 1893.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • A dormitory, a refectory, a chapterhouse, a library, and other new structures were erected at Fontanelle by St. Ansegisus.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • Luxeuil to Fontanelle assisted him in his great work of reform.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • Florence; (9) Fontanelle, a villa near S. Domenico where St. Aloysius came to live in the hot summer months, when a page at the court of

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • The copyists of Fontanelle, Reims, and Corbie were especially noted for the beauty of their penmanship, and the number of different MSS. transcribed by some of their monks was often very large.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

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