Cistercians
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The Cistercians, or the Order of Cistercians, are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributio
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, one of the most influential early Cistercians, seen here depicted in a historiated initial
An illumination of Stephen Harding (right) presenting a model of his church to the Blessed Virgin Mary (Municipal Library, Dijon). Cîteaux, c. 1125. At this period Cistercian illumination was the most advanced in France, but within 25 years it was abandoned altogether under the influence of Bernard of Clairvaux.
Prioress of Rieunette priory in France.
Cistercian abbey in Bélapátfalva, Hungary
Trappists
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The Trappists, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a Catholic religious order of
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…the life of many monasteries. A reform movement seeking a simpler lifestyle began in 17th-century France at La Trappe Abbey, and became known as the Trappists. They were eventually consolidated in 1892 into a new order called the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, abbreviated as OCSO. The Cistercians…
Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé, the founder of the Trappists
Orval Abbey in Belgium
Monks of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in the early 20th century
Trappist monks in Pertapaan Rawaseneng, Indonesia, praying Terce