Founded by French monks in 1961, the monastery was elevated to abbatial status in 1991.

It produces the eponymous cheese to traditional recipes following those first done by French monks in the 12th century.

Agofredus was a French monk and saint.

There are other records of the unruly conduct of French monks.

Urbicius (died c. 805) was a French monk, now a Catholic saint.

Leutfridus was a French monk and saint of the eighth century.

After centuries of breeding selection by French monks, it was decided to open a herd book in 1893.

Curiously it has no clapper again bearing likeness to those carried by early French monks.

The label's first recording was of Slavonic liturgy sung by French monks.

Speculation that the world would end in the year 1000 was confined to a few uneasy French monks.