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| | Kids Be Safe : Article 'Citeaux Abbey' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | The abbey has about 35 members, and is the mother house of the Cistercian family, which owes its name to that of the abbey. |
 | | History The abbey was founded in 1098 by Saint Robert of Molesme, who becomes the first abbot, under the rule of Saint Benedict. |
 | | In England the first foundation was Furness Abbey (1123), and many of the most beautiful monastic buildings of the country, beautiful in themselves and beautiful in their sites, were Cistercian, as Tintern Abbey, Rievaulx Abbey, Byland and Fountains Abbey. |
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