REVUE MABILLON. - Quarterly review, named after the Maurist JEAN MABILLON, founded in 1905 and directed by J.-M. BESSEL (v.) of the Abbey of St. Martin at Ligugé (Vienne).
During the exile following the suppression of religious congregations in France (1901), the editorial office was located in Belgium at Chevetogne. After the return to France and the death of Dom Besse, the review was continued by the Benedictines of the Abbey of Ligugé.
Forty-one volumes (166 fascicles) have appeared, with only the interruption of 1914-20, in three series (vols. 1-10 [1905-20]; 11-25 [1921-35]; 26-41 [1936-51]). Published with the review is the collection *Archives de la France monastique*, of which more than forty volumes have appeared; some of these continue the works and monastic studies of the French Maurist Benedictines, interrupted by the French Revolution. The review is the organ for studies in monastic history, liturgy, archaeology, etc. From the third series onward, the program was broadened to include the origins of monastic life and the Middle Ages. In 1924, to give greater development to these studies, the *Société Mabillon pour le développement des études d’histoire monastique en France* was founded.