Cathedrals · South East England
St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough
St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough is a cathedral in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
About
St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough is a cathedral in england south east, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese, dating from 1881. Cathedrals are seats of bishops in the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and other Christian denominations across Britain.
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From the Wikipedia article
Saint Michael's Abbey (French: Abbaye Saint-Michel) is a Benedictine abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, which belongs to the English Province of the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation. The small community is known for its liturgy (which is sung in Latin and Gregorian chant), its pipe organ, and its liturgical publishing and printing. This abbey is also known for enshrining a pontifically crowned image of Saint Joseph.
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Background
History
Following the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870, Napoleon III (1808–1873), his wife Empress Eugénie (1826–1920) and their son the prince imperial (1856–1879) were exiled from France and took up residence in England at Camden Place in Chislehurst, Kent, where Napoleon III died in 1873. He was originally buried at St Mary's Church in Chislehurst. Following the death of the prince imperial in 1879, the grief-stricken Empress Eugénie set about establishing a monument to her family. She founded the abbey in 1881 as a mausoleum for her husband and son, wishing that the burial site should be a place of prayer and silence. The abbey included an imperial crypt, modelled on the crypt of…
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- Coordinates
- 51.2967, -0.7497
- Address
- Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom
- Established
- 1881
- Official site
- farnboroughabbey.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q943809 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough?
- St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough is in South East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.2967°, -0.7497°.
- When was St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough built?
- St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough dates to 1881.
- What denomination is St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough?
- St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough is affiliated with Christianity.