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Ampleforth Abbey

Ampleforth, Italy

Ampleforth Abbey

Ampleforth Abbey is a monastery of Benedictine monks a mile to the east of Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England, part of the English Benedictine Congregation. It descends from the pre-Reformation community at Westminster Abbey through the last surviving monk from Westminster, Sigebert Buckley (c. 15

20 – c. 1610). As of 2024 the monastery has 41 monks, and sometimes will have 50 nuns of the monastery organization.

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