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    Molesme (French pronunciation: [mɔlɛm], before 1997: Molesmes) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Molesme grew up round the Benedictine...
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    Robert of Molesme (1028 – 17 April 1111) was an abbot, and a founder of the Cistercian Order. He is venerated as a Christian saint. Robert was born about...
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  • Molesme, a Benedictine monk from Cluny Abbey, had obtained the permission of Pope Gregory VII to found a monastery at Molesme in Burgundy. At Molesme...
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  • Molesmes (French pronunciation: [mɔlɛm]) is a former commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. On 1 January 2017...
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    Molesme Abbey was a well-known Benedictine monastery in Molesme, in Laignes, Côte-d'Or, Duchy of Burgundy, on the border of the Dioceses of Langres and...
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    Stephen joined a monastery at Molesme, Burgundy region. In 1098, Stephen, along with Robert and Alberic, left Molesme and founded a new monastery in...
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    of Molesme to begin a new monastery with them that would operate under the Rule of St. Benedict. Robert led these hermits to the forest of Molesme and...
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    Benedictine monks from the monastery of Molesme founded Cîteaux Abbey in 1098. The first three abbots were Robert of Molesme, Alberic of Cîteaux and Stephen Harding...
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    founded on Saint Benedict's Day, 21 March 1098, by a group of monks from Molesme Abbey seeking to follow more closely the Rule of St. Benedict. The Abbey...
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  • Bingen (d. 732), pilgrim Robert de Turlande (c. 1001–1067), abbot Robert of Molesme (d. 1111), founder of the Cistercian Order Robert of Newminster (d. 1159)...
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