The Congregation of St. Vanne or Congregation of St. Vanne and St. Hydulphe (French: Congrégation de Saint-Vanne et Saint-Hydulphe[1]), sometimes also known as the Vannists (Vannistes) was a Benedictine reform movement centred on Lorraine. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people This article concerns Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict see also Benedictine Confederation and Benedictine. Lorraine (Lorraine Lothringen is a historical area in present-day northeast France. It was formally established in 1604 on the initiative of Dom Didier de La Cour, prior of St. Dom Didier de La Cour de La Vallée ( 1550 &ndash 1623) was a Benedictine monk responsible for the foundation of the reforming Congregation of St Vanne's Abbey near Verdun, a reformer of the Benedictine Order after the Council of Trent. Verdun (medieval Wirten official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. St. Hydulphe's Abbey at Moyenmoutier was a secondary centre of the reform. Moyenmoutier is a City and commune in the Vosges département of northeastern France.
The response to the attempts to return the Benedictine houses to a more rigorous way of life in accordance with the Rule, combined with serious study and scholarship, was very positive, but Lorraine was not at that time under the French crown. A parallel movement specifically for the French Benedictine houses, on the same principles as those of the Congregation of St. Vanne, was therefore launched from Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1621, and gave rise to the Congregation of St. Maur, which in the event became far better known than the Vannists. Saint-Germain-des-Prés is an area of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés The Congregation of St Maur, often known as the Maurists, were a congregation of French Benedictines, established in 1621, and known
The Congregation of St. Vanne continued however in Lorraine in parallel to that of St. Maur until the French Revolution, when both were abolished. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an
Distinguished Vannist scholars included Dom Antoine Calmet, Dom Rémy Ceillier, Dom Jean François, Dom Nicolas Tabouillot and Dom Ambroise Pelletier. Antoine Augustin Calmet ( February 26, 1672 - October 25, 1757) French Benedictine, was born at Ménil-la-Horgne Dom Rémy Ceillier (1688-1761 was a Benedictine monk of the Lorraine Congregation of St
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- ^ sometimes also "St. Vannes"
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- Michaux, Gérard Michaux, 1998: Dom Didier de La Cour et la réforme des Bénédictins de Saint-Vanne in: Les Prémontrés et la Lorraine XIIe - XVIIIe siècle, pp. The Congregation of St Maur, often known as the Maurists, were a congregation of French Benedictines, established in 1621, and known 125-144 (XXIIIe colloque du Centre d'études et de recherches prémontrées, under the direction of Dominique-Marie Dauzet and Martine Plouvier). Paris: Beauchesne.
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