Cîteaux Abbey

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Cîteaux Abbey is a historic French monastery founded in 1098 that became the cradle and mother house of the Cistercian Order and its influential monastic reform movement.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Cîteaux Abbey canonical 7
Abbey of Cîteaux 2
Cîteaux 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic monastery
Cistercian monastery
abbey
monastery
alsoKnownAs Cîteaux Abbey
surface form: Abbaye de Cîteaux

Cistercians
surface form: Cistercium
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
belongsTo Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
country France
currentUse Trappist monastery
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary
surface form: Blessed Virgin Mary
diocese Diocese of Dijon
surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dijon
followsSpirituality Cistercian reform
surface form: Cistercian spirituality
foundedAs reform of Benedictine monasticism
foundedBy Alberic of Cîteaux
Robert of Molesme
Stephen Harding
foundingDate 1098
hasDenomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic
hasFunction mother house of the Cistercian family
hasLanguageOfLiturgy Latin
hasMotto Cistercian motto "Cistercium mater nostra" (Cîteaux our mother)
hasNotableAbbot Robert of Molesme
Stephen Harding
hasNotableMonk Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
surface form: Bernard of Clairvaux
hasOriginalCommunity Benedictine monks
hasSuccessorCommunities Cistercian monasteries across Europe
hasWebsite https://www.abbayeciteaux.fr/
heritageStatus monument historique of France
influenced European monasticism
isCradleOf Cistercian reform movement
locatedIn Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Burgundy wine region
surface form: Burgundy

Côte d'Or
surface form: Côte-d'Or

Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux
eastern France
locatedNear Dijon
monasticRule Rule of Saint Benedict
motherHouseOf Cistercians
surface form: Cistercian Order
partOf Cistercian architecture
surface form: Cistercian architecture heritage
produces Cîteaux cheese
region Duchy of Burgundy
surface form: historical Duchy of Burgundy
religiousOrder Cistercians
surface form: Cistercian Order
rite Latin Rite

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Instruction
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Subject: Cîteaux Abbey
Description of subject: Cîteaux Abbey is a historic French monastery founded in 1098 that became the cradle and mother house of the Cistercian Order and its influential monastic reform movement.

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cistercian reform emergedFrom Cîteaux Abbey
Cistercian reform associatedPlace Cîteaux Abbey
this entity surface form: Cîteaux
Cistercians foundedInPlace Cîteaux Abbey
Cymer Abbey motherHouse Cîteaux Abbey
this entity surface form: Abbey of Cîteaux
Pontigny Abbey motherAbbey Cîteaux Abbey
Cîteaux Abbey alsoKnownAs Cîteaux Abbey
this entity surface form: Abbaye de Cîteaux
Robert of Molesme notableWork Cîteaux Abbey
this entity surface form: foundation of Cîteaux Abbey
Robert of Molesme associatedWithPlace Cîteaux Abbey
Alberic of Cîteaux monastery Cîteaux Abbey
Alberic of Cîteaux placeOfActivity Cîteaux Abbey
this entity surface form: Cîteaux
Stephen Harding workLocation Cîteaux Abbey
Stephen Harding associatedWith Cîteaux Abbey
Cistercian architecture hasNotableExample Cîteaux Abbey
this entity surface form: Abbey of Cîteaux