Saint John's Abbey

Marcel Breuer

Collegeville, United States · 1856 · Religious

Saint John's Abbey
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Location
Collegeville, United States
Year
1856
Typology
Religious
Materials
Ceramic, Concrete, Glass, Marble, Metal cladding
Context
Victorian Architecture, Bauhaus, Brutalism
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Saint John's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Collegeville Township, Minnesota, United States, affiliated with the American-Cassinese Congregation. The abbey was established following the arrival in the area of monks from Saint Vincent Archabbey in Pennsylvania in 1856. Saint John's is one of the largest Benedictine abbeys in the Western Hemisphere, with 110 professed monks. The Right Reverend Fr. Douglas Mullin, OSB, serves as the eleventh abbot.

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