biography
| name: |
Guéranger, Prosper Louis Pascal
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pronunciation:
[gayrãzhay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1805–75)
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| biography:
| Priest, born at Sablé-sur-Sarthe, NW France. He restored the Benedictine order in France (1837) as first abbot at the former priory of Solesmes and superior general of the French Benedictine Order. He also began the successful re-introduction of the Roman liturgy into French Catholic churches. |
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