Tironensian Order

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The Tironensian Order was a 12th-century reform branch of the Benedictine monastic tradition, founded at Tiron in France and known for its strict observance, manual labor, and widespread network of abbeys in Britain and beyond.

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Tironensian Order canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine reform movement
Catholic monastic order
contemporaryWith Carthusian Order
Cistercians
surface form: Cistercian Order
declinePeriod late Middle Ages
emphasizedVirtue obedience
poverty
stability
engagedIn craft production
hospitality to travelers and pilgrims
land clearance and cultivation
foundedAt Tiron
foundedBy Bernard of Abbeville
foundedInCentury 12th century
foundedInCountry France
foundedInYearApprox c. 1109
hadAbbey Arbroath Abbey
Fearn Abbey
Kelso Abbey
Lesnes Abbey
Lindores Abbey
St Dogmaels Abbey
Abbey of Tiron
surface form: St Mary’s Abbey, Tiron
hasCharacteristic emphasis on self-sufficiency
engagement in crafts and agriculture
semi-eremitical origins
strong lay brother component
inspiredBy Benedictine monasticism
knownFor austere lifestyle
emphasis on manual labor
network of dependent abbeys and priories
strict observance of the Rule of Saint Benedict
languageOfLiturgy Latin
motherHouse Abbey of Tiron
partOfChurch Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church
reformContext 12th-century monastic reform
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousTradition Benedictines
surface form: Benedictine
ruleFollowed Rule of Saint Benedict
spreadToRegion Brittany
England
Iberian Peninsula
Ireland
Normandy
Scotland
Wales
suppressedInCountry France
suppressionContext French Revolution

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Kelso Abbey religiousOrder Tironensian Order