Cistercians

Roman Catholic order of the Benedictine reform in the tradition of the monastery of Citaux

27 dated entries naming Cistercians, drawn from 26 separate years between 1028 CE and 1664 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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11th century

1028Robert of Molesme, founder of the Cistercian Order (d. 1111)source
1089March 21 – Cîteaux Abbey, the first Cistercian monastery, is established by a group of French monks under Robert of Molesme in southern France.source
1098March 21 – Cîteaux Abbey, located in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, is founded by Robert of Molesme, founder of the Cistercian Order.source

12th century

1110Aelred of Rievaulx, English Cistercian monk and abbot (d. 1167)source
1114Pontigny Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, is founded (located in Burgundy).source
1117Maurice of Carnoet, French Cistercian abbot (d. 1191)source
1121Ascelina, French Cistercian nun and mystic (d. 1195)source
1128November 24 – Waverley Abbey is founded by Bishop William Giffard in the south of England. The first abbot and 12 Cistercian monks are brought from L'Aumône Abbey in Normandy.source
1131May 9 – Tintern Abbey is founded in Wales by Cistercian monks in the Wye Valley.source
1136Melrose Abbey (located in the Scottish Borders) is founded by Cistercian monks at the request of David.source
1140The first Cistercian monastery in Spain is founded in Fitero. The order enjoys a rapid expansion in the region in the following 15 years.source
1145Woburn Abbey is founded by the Cistercians in England. A colony of monks arrive from Fountains Abbey to establish a community that will survive until 1234.source
1145Adam of Perseigne, French Cistercian abbot (d. 1221)source
1147Congregation of Savigny is affiliated to the Cistercians.source
1173Approximate date – King Béla III of Hungary invites Cistercian and Premonstratensian monks to Hungary. They introduce advanced agricultural methods in the realm.source
1178July 17 – Saracen pirates, from the Balearic Islands, raid the Cistercian monastery of Saint Honorat on the Lérins Islands, and the city of Toulon, killing an estimated 300 and taking captives. The surviving captives are freed from the Balearic Islands in 1185.source
1190Ida of Nivelles, Belgian Cistercian nun and mystic (d. 1231)source

13th century

1202Rueda Abbey is founded by Cistercians at Sástago, in the Kingdom of Aragon (modern Spain).source
1214April 21 – John of Ford, English Cistercian prior and abbotsource
1221Adam of Perseigne, French Cistercian abbot (b. 1145)source
1245Adam of Harcarse, Scottish Cistercian priest and abbotsource
1250June 11 – Alice of Schaerbeek, Flemish Cistercian lay sister (b. c. 1220)source
1254November 1 – Edward marries Eleanor of Castile in the Cistercian monastery of Las Huelgas at Burgos.source

14th century

1335Pope Benedict XII begins to reform the Cistercians.source

15th century

1421April 24 – The Sedlec Abbey, a monastery for the Cistercians order in Bohemia, is looted and burned by Hussites led by Jan Žižka, and several of the monks inside are killed.source

16th century

1523April 4 – Under a plan organized by Sister Katharina von Bora and Protestant reformer Martin Luther, fish merchant Leonhard Köppe helps carry out the rescue of Von Bora and other Cistercian Catholic nuns from the Nimbschen Abbey in Germany near Grimma and Leipzig. On the day before Easter, Köppe arrives at the convent under the pretext of bringing delivering herring and other foods to the Abbey, then uses empty barrels to smuggle the nuns to Wittenberg. Von Bora will later become Luther's wife.source

17th century

1664Austere reforms introduced in the Cistercian La Trappe Abbey in Normandy by Armand de Rancé, origin of the Trappists.source