Saint Anselm's Abbey (Washington, D.C.)

St. Anselm's Abbey

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Monastery information
Order	Benedictines
Established	1924
Mother house	Fort Augustus Abbey
Dedicated to	Saint Anselm of Canterbury
Diocese	Archdiocese of Washington
People
Abbot	Abbot James Wiseman, O.S.B.
Prior	Rev. Philip Simo, O.S.B.
Archbishop	Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory
Important associated figures	Founder: Fr. Thomas Verner Moore, O.S.B.
Architecture
Functional status	Abbey
Site
Location	4501 South Dakota Avenue, N.E.; Washington, DC
Coordinates	38°56′45.2″N 76°59′05.3″W / 38.945889°N 76.984806°W / 38.945889; -76.984806
Website	www.stanselms.org

St. Anselm's Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey located at 4501 South Dakota Avenue, N.E., in Washington, D.C. It operates the boys' middle and high school St. Anselm's Abbey School, which was ranked by the Washington Post as the most challenging in Washington, D.C., and as the most challenging private high school in the U.S.^[1]