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Hace 5 días · “What we know for sure is that Cistercian monks lived there long enough to establish a monastery, but not long enough for it to be recorded in the chronicles of the order.” (Trappists are members of a reformed branch of the Cistercian order that was established in the 17th century.)
Hace 5 días · Cistercian numerals – horizontal staves . Since these staves look like Christ’s cross, the Cistercian numerals act as a metaphor for the Savior, making the system a profound Catholic Christian symbol.
Hace 5 días · Norway’s only male contemplative community of the Cistercian Trappist order consecrated its new church in December, inaugurating a brand-new monastery in the Trondheim Fjord, an inlet of the Norwegian Sea.
Hace 4 días · The Cistercian monastery of Hayles was founded in 1246 by Richard, earl of Cornwall. (fn. 1) When in great peril in a storm at sea on his way home from Gascony to Cornwall, he vowed that if he came safely to port he would found a monastery. (fn. 2) He fixed upon a site in his manor of Hayles.
Hace 2 días · 28. THE ABBEY OF SAWLEY. Sawley Abbey was founded by William Percy II, son of Alan Percy the Great (fn. 1) on 6 January 1147-8, (fn. 2) when Abbot Benedict with twelve monks and ten conversi came from Newminster.
Hace 4 días · HOUSE OF CISTERCIAN MONKS 2. THE ABBEY OF GARENDON. Garendon Abbey was founded in 1133 by Robert, Earl of Leicester. It was in all probability a daughter house of Waverley, the earliest Cistercian monastery to be established in England.
Hace 4 días · Borromini’s architectural genius unveils to us a glimmer of the infinite mystery of God, the cosmic geometer who arranges everything in proper order. It is a privilege to pray in a place where the human creator so beautifully channels the genius of the Creator who is Beauty itself. Curiously, all the niches in the nave are empty; the absence ...
