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| | New Catholic Dictionary: Order of Canons Regular of Premontre; Premonstratensians; White Canons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Religious order founded in 1120 by Saint Norbert at Premontre, near Laon, France, composed of priests, clerics, nuns, and members of the Third Order of Saint Norbert. |
 | | The order spread rapidly in countries throughout Europe and Asia, and abbeys, priories, convents, and colleges were founded. |
 | | In 1856 a new congregation of Norbertine canons, since incorporated with the order, was formed at Frigolet by Dom Edmund Boulbon and possessed 4 convents and 70 religious. |
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