Robert of Molesme

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Robert of Molesme was an 11th-century French abbot and monastic reformer who co-founded the Cistercian Order and served as its first abbot at Cîteaux.

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Label Occurrences
Robert of Molesme canonical 5

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic monk
Christian saint
abbot
founder of religious order
monastic reformer
associatedWithPlace Cîteaux Abbey
Molesme Abbey
canonizationStatus saint
centuryOfActivity 11th century
12th century
coFounded Cistercians
surface form: Cistercian Order
countryOfBirth France
countryOfCitizenship France
givenName Robert
influenced Alberic of Cîteaux
Cistercian spirituality
Stephen Harding
knownFor co-founding the Cistercian Order
leading monastic reform in 11th-century France
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
Old French
memberOf Benedictines
Cistercians
surface form: Cistercian Order
movement Cistercian reform
notableWork Cîteaux Abbey
surface form: foundation of Cîteaux Abbey

reform of Benedictine monasticism
occupation abbot
monastic reformer
monk
placeOfBirth Champagne
positionHeld abbot of Molesme Abbey
first abbot of Cîteaux Abbey
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity
ruleFollowed Rule of Saint Benedict
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

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# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Robert of Molesme
Description of subject: Robert of Molesme was an 11th-century French abbot and monastic reformer who co-founded the Cistercian Order and served as its first abbot at Cîteaux.

Referenced by (5)

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

Cistercian reform associatedPerson Robert of Molesme
Cistercians foundedBy Robert of Molesme
Cîteaux Abbey foundedBy Robert of Molesme
Cîteaux Abbey hasNotableAbbot Robert of Molesme
Alberic of Cîteaux predecessor Robert of Molesme