{"id":6849,"date":"2026-01-16T16:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/our-monastery\/the-abbay-church\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:54:25","slug":"the-abbay-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/en\/our-monastery\/the-abbay-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Abbay Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6849\" class=\"elementor elementor-6849 elementor-4340\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dbe257 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3dbe257\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f455495 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f455495\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e78b63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e78b63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE ABBEY CHURCH<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd14049 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd14049\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The oldest part of our abbey church dates back to the 11th century; it was partially rebuilt in the 15th century, remodelled and finally extended in the 19th century.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e1d0d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e1d0d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e43eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4e43eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0ad82f e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"b0ad82f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"185260079\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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Necessitated by the installation of the grand organ, the blocking off of the stained-glass window that once illuminated the rear of the nave now casts a shadow over several bays. However, it creates a delightful progression towards the light which, in the morning, floods the choir.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8960230 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8960230\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3931069 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"3931069\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/solesmes-saint-pierre.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"3931069\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Statue de Saint Pierre dans la nef de l\u2019\u00e9glise abbatiale de Solesmes, pierre calcaire, XVe si\u00e8cle \u00a9 ASPS\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjgzNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5hYmJheWVkZXNvbGVzbWVzLmZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zb2xlc21lcy1zYWludC1waWVycmUud2VicCIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjM5MzEwNjkifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/solesmes-saint-pierre-768x1100.webp\" data-width=\"768\" data-height=\"1100\" aria-label=\"solesmes-saint-pierre\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0066a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0066a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Originally, the church had two side aisles, which were destroyed during the Hundred Years\u2019 War. The openings were subsequently bricked up. It was Dom Gu\u00e9ranger who, in the second half of the 19th century, reopened them to create the side chapels.  <\/p><p>The chapels on the right-hand side are adorned with stained-glass windows, all dating from the 1930s. The largest, the Chapel of the Sacred Heart, features three stained-glass windows based on original designs by Maurice Denis. The stained-glass windows in the other four chapels are the work of Pauline Peugniez, who was his pupil.  <\/p><p>In the nave, beneath the bell tower, stands on the right a statue of Saint Peter, patron saint of the monastery, wearing the tiara and holding two enormous keys in his hands, in accordance with traditional iconography. Created at the end of the 15th century, it was erected in this spot by Dom Gu\u00e9ranger in 1870, to mark the definition of the dogma of papal infallibility. An inscription in Greek, Latin and French is engraved on the plinth, reproducing the text that once appeared beneath the famous statue of Saint Peter in Rome: \u2018Behold the Word of God, the stone divinely hewn from gold. Established upon it, I am unshakeable\u2019.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1852600792\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1852600792\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-40f14eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"40f14eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70a38c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70a38c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d8912c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d8912c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/j-baguenier-solesmes-stalles-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6837\" alt=\"J-Baguenier-solesmes-stalles-1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/j-baguenier-solesmes-stalles-1.webp 2000w, https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/j-baguenier-solesmes-stalles-1-600x401.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/j-baguenier-solesmes-stalles-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/j-baguenier-solesmes-stalles-1-1024x684.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/j-baguenier-solesmes-stalles-1-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/j-baguenier-solesmes-stalles-1-1536x1026.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5400a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b5400a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1408\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/f-petry-solesmes-stalles-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6838\" alt=\"F-Petry - Solesmes - Stalles 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/f-petry-solesmes-stalles-1.webp 1408w, https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/f-petry-solesmes-stalles-1-600x426.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/f-petry-solesmes-stalles-1-300x213.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/f-petry-solesmes-stalles-1-1024x727.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/f-petry-solesmes-stalles-1-768x545.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-098d210 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"098d210\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1054487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1054487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The choir stalls<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81ab5e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81ab5e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are sixty-four choir stalls in the choir of our abbey church. Their current layout dates back to 1865, when the new choir was built. Twenty-four of them date from the second half of the 16th century. Originally, they were placed in the nave, in front of the transept, with ten on each side and four at the back, facing the altar. The busts were then arranged in two rows, one above the other.    <\/p><p>These figures represent the ancestors of Christ, beginning with Jesse, the father of David. A stem extends from Jesse and, passing from bust to bust, reaches the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus. This is the Branch of Jesse, of whom Isaiah had prophesied that he would give birth to the Messiah <span style=\"color: #808080\">(Isaiah 11:1)<\/span>. Our choir stalls bring together the ancestors of Christ listed in the genealogy of the Gospel of Matthew <span style=\"color: #808080\">(1:1\u201317)<\/span> and those of the Gospel of Luke <span style=\"color: #808080\">(3:23\u201338)<\/span>.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fe534d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fe534d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6118319 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"6118319\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;columns&quot;:3,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abbayedesolesmes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/f-petry-solesmes-stalles-2.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"6118319\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Stalles du XVIe s. du ch\u0153ur de l&#039;\u00e9glise abbatiale de Solesmes, d\u00e9tail \u00a9 J. 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The current 39-stop organ, with mechanical action, was built by the Strasbourg organ builder Curt Schwenkedel. It was blessed by the Abbot, Dom Prou, and inaugurated by Gaston Litaize on 22 October 1967.  <\/p><p>The pipework, which reuses some of the material from the previous organs, has been partially modified on several occasions: in 1977 by Pierre Ch\u00e9ron, in 2009 by Denis Lacorre, and in 2010 by Jean-Marie Tricoteaux.<\/p><p>The voicing, carried out by Laurent Steinmetz, is of the \u2018plein vent\u2019 type, meaning that the pipe feet are wide open, allowing for the use of relatively low air pressure, which gives this organ great clarity and balance from the bass to the treble. All these features make it possible to perform polyphonic works of all origins. 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In the centre stands the tomb of Dom Gu\u00e9ranger, surmounted by a recumbent statue depicting him in pontifical vestments, a fine work sculpted in 1933 by Henri Charlier (1883\u20131975). The crypt also houses three altars, including the former high altar of the Maurist priory church, a very fine 18th-century piece carved from black marble.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE ABBEY CHURCH The oldest part of our abbey church dates back to the 11th century; it was partially rebuilt in the 15th century, remodelled and finally extended in the 19th century. 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