 In 1865 the Benedictines of Solesmes under Dom Prosper Guéranger founded the Priory of St. Madeleine in Marseilles, or Marseilles Priory In 1891 the Comte de Malijay, by that time the owner of the priory site at Ganagobie, made a gift of to the Marseilles Priory.In the course of repair and restoration work on the new property, important medieval mosaics were discovered in 1898.In 1901 however the community at Marseilles were forced by the Association Laws to leave France.