 Cécile Bruyère

Mère Cécile Bruyère (12 October 1845 – 18 March 1909) was the first abbess of St. Cecilia's Abbey, Solesmes ("Abbaye Sainte-Cécile de Solesmes") and a follower of Dom Prosper Guéranger in the revival of Benedictine spirituality in 19th century France.She was born as Jeanne-Henriette Bruyère (and went by Jenny), the granddaughter of the architect and engineer Louis Bruyère and the architect Jacques-Marie Huvé.