Prosper Guéranger
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The Right Rev. Dom Prosper Guéranger, O.S.B. |
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| Abbot of Solesmes Abbey | |
A painting of Dom Guéranger by Claude-Ferdinand Gaillard (1874)
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| Appointed | 14 July 1837 |
| Term ended | 30 January 1875 |
| Successor | Dom Louis-Charles Couturier, O.S.B. |
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| Ordination | 7 October 1827 |
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| Born |
4 April 1805 Sablé, Sarthe, France |
| Died | 30 January 1875 (aged 69) Solesmes, Sarthe, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger, O.S.B. (commonly referred to as Dom Guéranger, 4 April 1805, Sablé-sur-Sarthe, France – 30 January 1875, Solesmes, France) was a French Benedictine monk and priest, who served for nearly 40 years as the Abbot of Solesmes Abbey (which he founded in the abandoned Priory of Solesmes). Through his efforts, he became the founder of the French Benedictine Congregation (now the Solesmes Congregation), which re-established monastic life in France after it had been wiped out by the French Revolution. Guéranger was the author of The Liturgical Year, which covers every day of the Catholic Church's Liturgical cycle in 15 volumes. He was well regarded by Pope Pius IX, and was a proponent of the dogmas of papal infallibility and the Immaculate Conception.
Guéranger is credited with reviving the Benedictine Order in France, and the implementation of the Tridentine Mass in France, though he is also regarded as the grandfather of the Liturgical Movement, which led to further reform of the Mass of the Roman Rite beyond its Tridentine form. The cause for his canonization is currently being studied by the Holy See, which has approved the title for him of Servant of God.
Guéranger was born into a working-class family. As a young boy, he developed an idealized and romantic view of medieval Christianity through his frequent reading of The Genius of Christianity, a work written by François-René de Chateaubriand which defended the Catholic faith against the claims of the Enlightenment, and which had been published shortly before his birth.
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