Calvet, 80, Mourned in France ; Founder of Benedictines

The Washington Times › March 03, 2008

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Catholic prelates and traditionalists from around the world are gathering at St. Madeleine du Barroux monastery in France today for the funeral of Dom Gerard Calvet, the founder of the post-Vatican II traditional Benedictine movement.

Father Calvet, whose influence in contemporary Catholic traditionalism trailed only that of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, died Thursday at age 80. His health had been in sharp decline since he suffered a stroke in the late 1990s.

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Calvet, 80, Mourned in France ; Founder of Benedictines

He was born in Bordeaux, France, on Nov. 18, 1927; took his first vows as a Benedictine mon...

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