Cistercians

Westmalle is part of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, which traces its origins to 1098 and follows the Rule of Saint Benedict, a 6th-century book of precepts.

The Romans prized the wine during their days there, but it was Cistercians, a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns who branched off from the Benedictines, who began to really explore, and perfect, pinot noir in the Middle Ages.

New Melleray Abbey, the monastery near Peosta, Iowa, was founded in 1849 by monks from Mount Melleray Abbey, Ireland, who belonged to the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (commonly referred to as Trappists).

Like the late monk, Father Morey is a member of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance, known as Trappists.

By the 15th century, however, of all the orders in Ireland, the Cistercians had most comprehensively fallen on evil days.

Cistercians honour him as the founder of the order because of the widespread activity which he gave to the order.sfn Saint Bernard's " Prayer to the Shoulder Wound of Jesus " is often published in Catholic prayer books.

Decline and attempted reforms For a hundred years, until the first quarter of the 13th century, the Cistercians supplanted Cluny as the most powerful order and the chief religious influence in western Europe.

Erlande-Brandenburg, p 28 The Cistercians acquired a reputation in the difficult task of administering the building sites for abbeys and cathedrals.

He has come almost to be regarded as the founder of the Cistercians, who have often been called Bernardines.

In 1129 Margrave Leopold the Strong of Styria called upon the Cistercians to develop his recently acquired March which bordered Austria on the south.

In 1892, the Trappist Observance left the Cistercians and founded a new Order.

It was by this system of lay brothers that the Cistercians were able to play their distinctive part in the progress of European civilisation.

Roderick, p 163 The Cistercians, in contrast, sought out solitude in the mountains and moorlands, and were highly successful.

S.B.) * An abbot president is the head of a congregation (federation) of abbeys within the Order of St. Benedict (for instance, the English Congregation, The American Cassinese Congregation, etc.), or of the Cistercians (O.

That second "Annunciation style" may have originated in Fleury Abbey in the early 11th century, but it was spread by the Cistercians.

The Cistercians helped facilitate the spread of waterwheel technology.

The Order enjoys an ecumenical link with the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance.

The settlement received a town charter in 1212 and hosted Franciscans and Cistercians during the 13th century.

Today the Benedictine family is represented by two branches: the Benedictine Federation and the Cistercians.

Watt, p. 20 He left four of his companions to be trained as Cistercians, and returned to Ireland to introduce Cistercianism there.