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Prosper Guéranger

French benedictine abbot (1806–1875).

Born April 4th, 1806 in Sablé-sur-Sarthe.

Died January 30th, 1875 at 68 years old in Solesmes.

Occupations
Catholic priest

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel