About Tre Fontane Abbey:
Tre Fontane Abbey:
Also called the Abbey of Saints Vincent and Anastasius, Tre Fontane Abbey is held by monks of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, better known as Trappists.
It is famous for raising the lambs whose wool is used to weave the pallia of new metropolitan archbishops. The pope blesses the lambs on the feast of Saint Agnes on January 21. The wool is prepared, and he gives the pallia to the new archbishops on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Holy Apostles.
As you come to the entrance of the abbey you will see the The Arch of Charlemagne.
The Abbey of Tre Fontane contains three separate churches:
Cistercian Abbey of Saint Vincent and Anastasias
Church of Saint Paul at Tre Fontane (site of the beheading of Saint Paul by emperor Nero)
Traveling to Tre Fontane in Rome:
Tre Fontane is about 5 miles south of Vatican City, not far from the Basilica of Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls. From Rome city center, take Metro B to Laurentina, and it is about a 20 minute walk. Or you can take the bus, again a 20 minute walk.