Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas
Trappist monastery in Tibhirine, Algeria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas (Arabic: دير سيدة الأطلس; French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Atlas) is a Catholic monastery of Trappists, inaugurated on March 7, 1938, in Tibhirine, close to Médéa, in Algeria.
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Order | Trappists |
Established | March 7, 1938 |
Mother house | Aiguebelle Abbey |
Diocese | Archdiocese of Alger |
Abbot | Dom Christian de Chergé, O.C.S.O. (1996) |
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Country | Algeria |
Coordinates | 36.2956°N 2.7155°E / 36.2956; 2.7155 |
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The abbey became more known in 1996, when seven monks were kidnapped from the monastery, during the Algerian Civil War, and were killed. The film Of Gods and Men, released in 2010, tells the events that led to their deaths.