Hanga Abbey
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Hanga Abbey
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The Abbey of St. Maurus and St. Placidus is a Tanzanian Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien in Hanga, Ruvuma Region. Established in 1956 by Abbot-Bishop Eberhard Spiess as a formation house for African monastic candidates, the monastery is currently home to 122 monks. The abbey operates schools and a dispensary for the people of the local village and a seminary for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanga_Abbey
date created:
2012-09-17T15:49:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T22:43:22Z
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