The Priory of St. Wigbert (german: Priorat Sankt Wigberti) is an

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monastery for men, named after

Saint Wigbert Saint Wigbert, (Wihtberht) (May 7, 675 - August 13, 747) born in Wessex around 675, was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk and a missionary and disciple of Saint Boniface who travelled with the latter in Frisia and northern and central Germany to con ...

, belonging to the Lutheran Church of Thuringia. It is located in

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Sömmerda (district) Saxe-Coburg and Gotha {{Sömmerda-geo-stub ...

near

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

in Germany. This community includes the Congregatio Canonicorum Sancti Augustini. Brethren in the priory are

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and

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, following the

Rule of St Benedict The ''Rule of Saint Benedict'' ( la, Regula Sancti Benedicti) is a book of precepts written in Latin in 516 by St Benedict of Nursia ( AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. The spirit of Saint Benedict's R ...

. The

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is the Lutheran pastor Franz Schwarz.Priorat Sankt Wigberti

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