Monastery information | |
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Full name | Abbey of St. Benedict |
Order | Benedictine |
Established | April 1857 |
Mother house | Saint Vincent Archabbey |
Dedicated to | St. Benedict of Nursia |
Diocese | Kansas City |
People | |
Founder(s) | Dom Augustus Wirth, O.S.B. |
Abbot | The Right Rev. James R. Albers, O.S.B. |
Important associated figures | Abbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., Bishop Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B. |
Architecture | |
Functional status | monastery |
Completion date | 1931 |
Site | |
Location | 1020 N. Second St., Atchison, Kansas 66002 United States |
Coordinates | 39°34′30″N 95°06′40″W / 39.575059°N 95.111117°W |
Website | www |
St. Benedict's Abbey is an American community of monks of the Order of St. Benedict located in Atchison, Kansas. It was founded in 1857 to provide education to the sons of German settlers in the Kansas Territory.