Uploaded March 2013 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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The Abbey of Mont Saint Michel is thought to date back to the year 708, when the Bishop of Avranches built a sanctuary in honor of the Archangel Michael on a barren rock lying just half a mile offshore of the coast of France. The mount soon became a major pilgrimage site and gradually a village grew up below its walls. In the 10th century, the Benedictines settled in the Abbey and began construction of the enormous crypts, upon which the church and abbey would eventually stand. Today, Mont Saint Michel is still a pilgrimage site; tourists by the thousands flock to this fairy-tale castle lies in the tidal basin where the Couesnon River flows into the English Channel, surrounded by water at high tide and muddy sand flats at low tide. Though most come for the architecture and history, I most enjoyed the noon mass. The crystal clear voices of the singing nuns, heard in the above video, reverberated through the cavernous church and sent chills down my spine.
To read the entire story about my visit to Mont Saint Michel, France, go to holeinthedonut.com/2013/03/03/mont-saint-michel-france-tour/, and if you enjoyed this video, please consider subscribing to my YouTube channel.
The Abbey of Mont Saint Michel is thought to date back to the year 708, when the Bishop of Avranches built a sanctuary in honor of the Archangel Michael on a barren rock lying just half a mile offshore of the coast of France. The mount soon became a major pilgrimage site and gradually a village grew up below its walls. In the 10th century, the Benedictines settled in the Abbey and began construction of the enormous crypts, upon which the church and abbey would eventually stand. Today, Mont Saint Michel is still a pilgrimage site; tourists by the thousands flock to this fairy-tale castle lies in the tidal basin where the Couesnon River flows into the English Channel, surrounded by water at high tide and muddy sand flats at low tide. Though most come for the architecture and history, I most enjoyed the noon mass. The crystal clear voices of the singing nuns, heard in the above video, reverberated through the cavernous church and sent chills down my spine.
