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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Benedictine Order |
 | | Its roll of honour was opened in August, 1905, by a bishop, two monks, two lay brothers, and two nuns, who suffered martyrdom for the Faith at the hands of the Central African natives. |
 | | In the latter class the most important were Camaldoli (1009), Vallombrosa (1039), Grammont (1076), Cîteaux (1098), Fontevrault (1099), Savigny (1112), Monte Vergine (1119), Sylvestrines (1231), Celestines (1254), and Olivetans (1319). |
 | | Those of the former category are treated here, since they and their successors constitute the order as we understand it at the present day. |
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