The newest multi-millionaires in Indiana are the Benedictine monks of St. Meinrad Archabbey.The newest multi-millionaires in Indiana are the Benedictine monks of St. Meinrad Archabbey Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Spencer County, Indiana, USA, was founded by monks from Einsiedeln Abbey (Switzerland) on March 21, 1854, and currently is home to approximately 110 monks. It is one of only two archabbeys in the United States and one of 11 in the world. , who were recently bequeathed $26 million by two women who had been regular visitors at the monastery monastery Local community or residence of a religious order, particularly an order of monks. Christian monasteries originally developed in Egypt, where the monks first lived as isolated hermits and then began to coalesce in communal groups. . Virginia Basso, 91, and Bernice Davey, 90, each left $13 million in their wills to the monastery. Davey, who died in January, called St. Meinrad "my home away from home." Her friend Basso, who died last July, called the monks "my family." Archabbot Lambert Lambert may refer to
Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. reported. Part of the money will fund a new guest house for retreatants. |
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