Sacra di San Michele

Saint Michael's Abbey
Abbazia della Sacra di San Michele (Arcangelo)
Saint Michael's Abbey over the fog
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45°05′52.92″N 7°20′36.56″E / 45.0980333°N 7.3434889°E / 45.0980333; 7.3434889
LocationMount Pirchiriano, in the municipalities of Sant'Ambrogio di Torino and Chiusa di San Michele in the Metropolitan City of Turin province, part of Italian Piedmont region
CountryItaly
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
Religious instituteRosminians
Websitewww.sacradisanmichele.com/en/
History
StatusAbbey
DedicationSaint Michael (Archangel)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
StyleRomanesque and later Gothic architecture
Groundbreaking10th - 11th century
Completed13th century
Administration
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Turin
DioceseDiocese of Susa

The Sacra di San Michele, sometimes known as Saint Michael's Abbey, is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano, situated on the south side of the Val di Susa in the territory of the municipality of Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. The abbey, which for much of its history was under Benedictine rule, is now entrusted to the Rosminians.

A special regional law acknowledges it as the "Symbolic monument of the Piedmont region".[1] This monumental abbey served as one of the inspirations for the book The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.[2]