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Abbey

45 monks

32 lay oblates

Congregatio Sublacensis » Italian Province

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Abbazia di Praglia
I-35033 Teolo (PD)
Italia

Italia

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cultural activities

craft work and other products: Il LABORATORIO DI RESTAURO restores old books.
APIS EUGANEA is a small cosmetic industry using products of bees (wax, honey, propolis...).
PRATALEA produces many medicinal teas.
printing and editing: EDITRICE SCRITTI MONASTICI publishes books on monastic spirituality and history.
other: A CONGRESS HALL for 200 persons is used for congresses and meetings.

pastoral activities
guesthouse retreats parishes: 1 dependent houses: 2 missionary work

some useful info
patronale feast: Our Lady of the Assumption (15/8)
• english • italiano •
The Benedictine abbey of Praglia lies at the foot of the Euganean Hills, 12 Km from Padua, along the ancient road leading to Este. Its name derives from Pratalea: a place of meadows. The monastery was founded somewhere between the end of 11th and the begining of the 12th centuries, but only the bell tower remains of the original medieval structure. After being suppressed twice in the 19th century - first by Napoleon (1810) and then by the House of Savoy (1867) - the life of prayer and work according to the Rule of St. Benedict resumed again at Praglia on April 26, 1904. The current abbey complex (1460-1550), whose style charmingly blends late Gothic and early Renaissance styles, is divided into four cloisters. The abbey church, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, was constructed between 1490 and 1550, following a design attributed to Tullio Lombardo.

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last updated: 03-04-2009 by info@praglia.it