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    The Cistercians (/sɪˈstɜːrʃənz/), officially the Order of Cistercians (Latin: (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic...
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    a need for self-sustainability bred innovativeness among the Cistercians. Many Cistercian settlements display early examples of hydraulic engineering and...
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    Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a Catholic religious order of cloistered monastics that branched off from the Cistercians. They follow...
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  • Cistercian Studies (abbreviated CS; ISSN 0578-3224) is a series of books published by Liturgical Press. The main focus of the series is on Christian monasticism...
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    are compounded on a single stave to indicate more complex numbers. The Cistercians eventually abandoned the system in favor of the Arabic numerals, but...
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    exempted the Cistercians, because their rite had been more than 200 years in existence. Under Claude Vaussin, General of the Cistercians in the middle...
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    1892, they have been officially entitled Reformed Cistercians of the Strict Observance. A Cistercian novice who came from Europe at the same time as the...
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  • Radulphe (also spelled Radulph, Rodolphe, etc.) was a French monk who, without permission from his superiors, left his monastery in France and travelled...
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    hundred-acre property, a mansion and its walled garden to the Cistercians. The Cistercians moved into Roscrea from their abbey at Mount Melleray in February...
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  • Cistercian Way can be: Cistercian Way (Wales), circular footpath of 650 miles (1050 km) Cistercian Way (England), footpath from Grange-over-Sands to Roa...
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  • habit, the Cistercians were eager to preserve their textual versions of the hymns, even when scholarly research showed that the Cistercian texts did not...
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    Anglican Cistercians are members of the Anglican Communion who live a common life together according to the Cistercian tradition. This tradition is usually...
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  • Cistercian Preparatory School is a private school for boys located in Irving, Texas. The school follows the Cistercian tradition and offers a rigorous...
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    dedicated to God who sing for religious and non-professional reasons. The Cistercians of the Heiligenkreuz abbey founded in 2011 their own record label Obsculta...
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    Bernard of Clairvaux (category French Cistercians)
    the "Mellifluous Doctor" for his eloquence. Cistercians honour him as one of the greatest early Cistercians. His feast day (observed in several denominations)...
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    The Cistercian Abbey of Roermond or Munsterabdij was a Cistercian nunnery in Roermond that existed from 1224 to 1797 and of which the Munsterkerk is the...
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    The Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes are a small branch of the Cistercian Order. They follow the Rule of St Benedict, and co-operate with the apostolic...
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    initiated in 980 by Romuald, who founded the Camaldolese community. The Cistercians branched off from the Benedictines in 1098; they are often called the...
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    from the religious life, Cistercians built self-sufficient monasteries in isolated areas and refused to use servants. Cistercian monasteries were independent...
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    Cistercians join the mendicant orders and leave the monastery, living on alms. King Sigismund I the Old intervened on behalf of the Oliwa Cistercians...
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    development of the great universities of Europe. Another new order was the Cistercians, whose large, isolated monasteries spearheaded the settlement of former...
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    founded in 1118 and was crossed over to the Cistercians in 1147 "Glossary: Savigniac Order" (PHP). cistercians.shef.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2024. Doran...
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    The Cistercians are a Catholic religious order of enclosed monks and nuns formed in 1098, originating from Cîteaux Abbey. Their monasteries spread throughout...
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    ringforts or crannógs. Church reforms during the 12th century via the Cistercians stimulated continental influence, with the Romanesque styled Mellifont...
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    Sulejów Abbey (Polish: Opactwo Cystersów w Sulejowie) is a former Cistercian abbey in Sulejów, Poland, founded in 1176 by Duke Casimir II the Just. The...
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    Catholic site. The abbey was founded by Cistercian monks, who came to the region in the late 12th century. The Cistercians had a reputation for administering...
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    monastic orders were established, including the Carthusians and the Cistercians. In the 13th century, mendicant orders who earned their living by begging...
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  • This is a list of Catholic priests from or most linked to the United States. This is NOT an exhaustive list of American priests. Rev. Peter M. Donohue...
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    News Service. Retrieved September 15, 2018. "Atlas Martyrs". Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. "Biographies of the seven monks (French and...
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    Szczyrzyc Abbey (Polish: Opactwo Cystersów w Szczyrzycu) is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1234 in the village of Szczyrzyc, Poland. It continues to function...
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