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    Clairvaux Abbey (/klɛərˈvoʊ/, French: [klɛʁvo]; Latin: Clara Vallis) was a Cistercian monastery in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Bar-sur-Aube...
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    Benedictines through the nascent Cistercian Order. He was sent to found Clairvaux Abbey at an isolated clearing in a glen known as the Val d'Absinthe, about...
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    Clairvaux Prison was a high-security prison in France, on the grounds of the former Clairvaux Abbey. Clairvaux Abbey was founded in 1115 by Bernard of...
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    Heritage. Rievaulx Abbey was the first Cistercian monastery in the north of England, founded in 1132 by twelve monks from Clairvaux Abbey. Its remote location...
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    infamous den of robbers. Fossanuova Abbey Clairvaux Abbey Cîteaux Abbey Kirkstall Abbey Loc-Dieu Rievaulx Abbey Strata Florida Abbatial church of Notre-Dame...
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    Bernard of Clairvaux, who would later be proclaimed Doctor of the Church, was a monk of Cîteaux Abbey and left it in 1115 to found Clairvaux Abbey, of which...
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    visit to Clairvaux, he obtained five monks for a foundation in Ireland, under Christian, an Irishman, as superior: thus arose the great Abbey of Mellifont...
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    The Abbey of New Clairvaux is a rural Trappist monastery located in Northern California in the small town of Vina in Tehama County. The farmland, once...
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    was known for donating the valley that was used as the site for the Clairvaux Abbey and going on several pilgrimages to the Holy Land. During his second...
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    subject to Clairvaux Abbey in Burgundy, which was under the rule of St Bernard. Under the guidance of Geoffrey of Ainai, a monk sent from Clairvaux, the group...
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    Abbey of New Clairvaux Abbey of the Genesee Assumption Abbey Holy Cross Abbey, Virginia Mepkin Abbey Monastery of the Holy Spirit New Melleray Abbey Our...
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    direct foundation of Clairvaux. David of Himmerod, a Cistercian mystic known for his holiness rather than miracles, was sent to the abbey by Bernard. The first...
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  • the abbey Clairvaux MacKillop College in Brisbane, Australia Abbey of New Clairvaux, a rural Trappist monastery in northern California Mount Clairvaux, a...
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    Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1118, and built in the Romanesque style. It is one of the oldest and most complete Cistercian abbeys in Europe, and became...
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    by Bernard of Clairvaux and Barthélemy of Jur, bishop of Laon. The church floor plan is based on that of the church of Clairvaux Abbey, as was confirmed...
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  • Alcher of Clairvaux was a twelfth-century Cistercian monk of Clairvaux Abbey. He was once thought to be the author of two works, now attributed by many...
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    from Clairvaux Abbey, headed by the Englishman Henry Murdac, its first abbot, took possession of the new abbey, the 15th daughter house of Clairvaux. Its...
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    Talbot Original Abbey Complex:[1] www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Margam Abbey Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Bernard of Clairvaux" . Catholic Encyclopedia...
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    were founded in the department: one at Clairvaux in 1114, created by Bernard of Clairvaux, the other was the Abbey of the Paraclete near Nogent-sur-Seine...
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    Theresa, who acted as regent during his absence. Philip was buried in Clairvaux Abbey. Since he was unsuccessful in producing an heir with Countess Theresa...
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  • Bindon Abbey, Dorset, England (1172 Waverley) Bordesley Abbey, Worcestershire, England (1138 Waverley) Boxley Abbey, Kent, England (1143 Clairvaux) Bruern...
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    Order. A number of monks and lay brothers left the French monastery of Clairvaux Abbey. It was founded at Alvastra in Västra Tollstad parish in Ödeshög municipality...
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    subsidiary of Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferté, although the funding monks originally arrived from the Danish Esrum Abbey in Zealand. The abbey was founded...
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    the abbey of Clairvaux, at the behest of Jocelin of Soissons. There is now a hotel on the site, located in the old Cistercian inn. The roofless abbey church...
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    Champagne. It was the first daughter-house founded by Clairvaux Abbey, one of the four Cistercian primary abbeys, and was established north of the head of navigation...
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    Revolution. The carved wooden choir stalls were originally made for Clairvaux Abbey. When the abbey was largely destroyed during the French Revolution, the stalls...
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    Bernard of Clairvaux (who founded the Cistercian order). Raoul was born probably at Merston, in England and became a monk at Clairvaux. Bernard sent...
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    Abbey, whence the location was given, in 1171, the name of Morimondo. At the start of 1135 another group of Cistercians, coming from Clairvaux Abbey and...
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    granted the lands at Margam to Clairvaux Abbey, for the establishment of a new Cistercian monastery which became Margam Abbey. Following the Dissolution of...
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    converted into hotels such as Monasterio de Piedra or St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church. Cistercian monasteries are divided into those that follow the...
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