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- Cistercian, or White Monk or Bernardine, Member of a Roman Catholic monastic order founded by St. Stephen Harding (1098) at Cîteaux (Latin, Cistercium), Burgundy, by Benedictines dissatisfied with their abbey’s laxity. Cistercians were severely ascetic, rejected feudal revenues, and engaged in manual labor.
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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 dated to 1098 in origin. The term Cistercian is derived from Cistercium, the Latin name for the village of Cîteaux, near Dijon in eastern France.
The Order of Cistercians (OCist; Latin: Cistercienses), sometimes called the White Monks (from the color of their habit, over which a black scapular or apron is sometimes worn) is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monks.
The Cistercians, officially 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 contributions of the highly-influential Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule.
Bernard of Clairvaux, O. Cist. (Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order through the nascent Cistercian Order.
Cistercian , or White Monk or Bernardine, Member of a Roman Catholic monastic order founded by St. Stephen Harding (1098) at Cîteaux (Latin, Cistercium), Burgundy, by Benedictines dissatisfied with their abbey’s laxity. Cistercians were severely ascetic, rejected feudal revenues, and engaged in manual labor.
May 24, 2018 · Here is a brief guide to the order, detailing the basics of this rich expression of religious life. Names & Abbreviations: Cistercian Order, Cistercians of the Original (Common) Observance, O...
Today, two canonically distinct religious orders share the heritage of Citeaux: the Cistercian Order (O. Cist.), sometimes called “Common Observance” Cistercians; and the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.), more commonly known as “Trappists” on account of their derivation from the seventeenth-century, French reform associat...
