Abbaye de Citeaux

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Name (Latin)
Abbaye de Citeaux
Other forms of name
Citeaux (Abbey)
Abbaye de Cisteaux
Citeaux, France (Cistercian abbey)
Coordinates
5.093333333 5.093333333 47.12805556 47.12805556 (gooearth )
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 168304390
Wikidata: Q843261
Library of congress: n 82045103
Sources of Information
  • Lekai, L.J. Nicholas Cotheret's Annals of Cîteaux, 1982:t.p. (Cîteaux) introd. (Abbaye de Cisteaux)
  • The New Monastery, 1998:p. 4 of cover (in 1098, a small group of Benedictine monks built a 'New Monastery') p. 12 (dedication of the church of the New Monastery, 1106)
  • New Cath. encyc.(Cîteaux, Abbey of; chief abbey of the Cistercian order, f. 1098 in the Diocese of Chalon-sur-Saône, France; variants: Novum monasterium, Cisterium, Cistellum)
  • EB, c1991(Cîteaux, Latin Cistercium, village, site of a famous abbey)
  • Autorités BnF, Aug. 6, 2002(hdgs.: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cîteaux (forme courante, français), Coenobium Cisterciense (forme internationale, latin); x-ref.: Abbaye de Cîteaux, Archimonasterium Cisterciense; est., Mar. 21, 1098; Abbaye fondée par saint Robert de Molesme. Jusqu'en 1791, l'abbé de Cîteaux était l'abbé général de l'Ordre de Cîteaux. L'abbaye fut restaurée en 1899 par Sébastien Wyart, abbé de Sept-Fons, et entra ainsi dans l'Ordre des Cisterciens de la stricte observance, ou Trappistes. De 1899 à 19.., l'abbé de Cǐteaux était l'abbé général de cette observance. 21700 Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux. Tél. 80.61.11.53)
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Wikipedia description:

Cîteaux Abbey (French: Abbaye de Cîteaux [abe.i d(ə) sito]) is a Catholic abbey located in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, south of Dijon, France. It is notable for being the original house of the Order of Cistercians. Today, it belongs to the Trappists (also called the Cistercians of the Strict Observance). The abbey has about 35 monks. The community produces a cheese branded under the abbey's name, as well as caramels and honey-based candies.

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