Located in the Cerne valley, the village grew around a great Benedictine Abbey founded in AD 987 that fell victim to the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century and was destroyed ...

His body, meanwhile, ended up in a Benedictine monastery in Germany. As interest in his cause for canonization grew, so too did debate about the rightful home of his relics. Irish clergy saw in ...

- This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure. In just a few steps down La Rambla, the dynamic energy of Barcelona rushes into your bloodstream. As your senses awaken, it becomes ...

Special services, concerts, lectures, events for families and more – there’s something for everyone at the Abbey. Many of our events are free and open to anyone. Our in-person events are held at ...

This was one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, the Allied troops made slow progress in removing Nazi forces from the rocky outcrop which was home to the 1400 year-old Benedictine monastery of ...