List of Cistercian monasteries

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The spread of the Cistercians from their original sites during the Middle Ages
The spread of the Cistercians from their original sites during the Middle Ages

The Cistercians are a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monks, whose monasteries and abbeys have been built from 1098. The first Cistercian abbey was Cîteaux Abbey. Their monasteries spread throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, but many were closed during the Protestant Reformation, the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII, the French Revolution, and the revolutions of the 18th century. Some survived and new monasteries have been founded since the 19th century.

Cistercian monasteries are divided into those that follow the Common Observance, the Middle Observance and the Strict Observance (Trappists). There are currently nearly 169 Trappist monasteries in the world, the home of approximately 2500 Trappist monks and 1800 Trappist nuns.[1]

Contents

[edit] Europe

[edit] France

Main article: List of Cistercian abbeys in France
Abbey Type Founded Location Closed Re-established Details
Cîteaux Abbey Trappist 1098 Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, Côte-d'Or 1791 1898 Latin Cistercium, from which the Order's name derives.
Pontigny Abbey 1114 1843 Second of the four great daughter houses of Cîteaux; refounded by the Fathers of St. Edmund
Clairvaux Abbey 1115 Third of the four great daughter houses of Cîteaux; founded by St Bernard
Morimond Abbey 1115 1791 Fourth of the four great daughter houses of Cîteaux
Mazan Abbey 1120
Abbey of Loc-Dieu 1123 1793
Le Thoronet Abbey ca. 1150s Brignoles 1785
Silvacane Abbey 1144 La Roque d'Antheron 1443
Abbey of Sénanque 1148 Gordes
Our Lady of the Snows Trappist 1850 Saint-Laurent-les-Bains, Ardèche
Lérins Abbey 1869 Île Saint-Honorat Founded on the site of a monastery established by Saint Honoratus ca. 410.

[edit] Great Britain and Ireland

Main articles: List of Cistercian abbeys in Britain and List of Cistercian abbeys in Ireland
See also: List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England

[edit] Belgium

Abbey Type Founded Location Closed Re-established Details
Orval Abbey Trappist 1132 Gaume region 1793 1935 The Orval Brewery produces two well known Trappist beers
Westmalle Abbey Trappist Westmalle
Bornem Abbey

[edit] Eastern Europe

Abbey Type Founded Location Closed Re-established Details
Cistercian Abbey Stična 1132 Stična, Slovenia
Sulejów 1176 Poland
Zirc Abbey 1182 Hungary 1810 1814
Cârţa Monastery - 1205-6 Romania 1474 -
Kołbacz - 1210 Poland 1347 -
Kutjevo 1232 Croatia
Belakut Abbey - 1235 Vojvodina, Serbia 1688 -
Krzeszów Abbey 1242 Poland
Vyšší Brod Monastery 1259 Czech Republic

[edit] Scandinavia

Abbey Type Founded Location Closed Re-established Details
Alvastra Abbey 1143 Sweden 1544 Ordered torn down by Gustavus I in 1544
Nydala Abbey 1143 Sweden 1529 2008 Three Vietnamese monks arrived on 6 June 2008
Lyse Abbey 1146 Norway 1537
Hovedøya Abbey 1147 Oslo, Norway 1532 Burned prior to the Reformation
Varnhem Abbey 1150 Sweden 1566
Sorø Klosterkirke 1161-1201 Denmark


Roma Abbey 1164 Sweden Before 1531 Founded by monks from Nydala Abbey
Tautra Abbey Trappist 1207 Norway 1537 1999
Stamsund Common Observance Lofoten Islands, Norway Recently established

[edit] Germany

Abbey Type Founded Location Closed Re-established Details
Zinna Abbey 1170 1553
Lehnin Abbey 1180 1542

[edit] Austria

Abbey Type Founded Location Closed Re-established Details
Heiligenkreuz Abbey 1133 Heiligenkreuz, Lower Austria
Lilienfeld Abbey
Rein Abbey

[edit] Italy

Abbey Type Founded Location Closed Re-established Details
Certosa di Pavia 1396 Northern Italy
Monastery of Calabromaria Altilia di Santa Severina 1784

[edit] Iberian Peninsula

Abbey Type Founded Location Closed Re-established Details
Poblet Monastery 1151 Catalonia, Spain 1835 1940s Listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 1991
Monastery of Alcobaça 1153 Portugal Listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 1989
Monasterio Santa María de Valdediós 1200 Asturias, Spain [1]
Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda 1202 Ebro, Spain Includes important hydrological works from the Middle Ages, including a dam on the Ebro and a massive waterwheel or "rueda", which diverted some of the river flow to a Gothic aqueduct for distribution to various parts of the monastery.
Our Lady the Royal of Villamayor de los Montes Abbey Burgos, Spain
Our Lady of Bujedo de Juarros Abbey Burgos, Spain
Las Huelgas Reales Monastery 1600 Valladolid, Spain

[edit] America

Abbey Type Founded Location Details Website
Abbey of Gethsemani Trappist 1848 Kentucky Home of Thomas Merton [2]
New Melleray Abbey Trappist 1849 Peosta, Iowa [3]
Our Lady of Spring Bank Cistercian Abbey Trappist 1920s Sparta, Wisconsin Supports itself with financial investing, real estate, forestry and rental of farmland. It also operates "Laser Monks", which provides recycled laser toner and ink jet cartridges.[2] [4]
Monastery of the Holy Spirit Trappist 1944 Conyers, Georgia [5]
Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity Trappist 1947 Huntsville, Utah [6]
Mount Saint Mary's Abbey Nuns (Trappist) 1949 Wrentham, Massachusetts Daughter house of St. Mary's Abbey (Glencairn, Waterford). [7]
Mepkin Abbey Trappist 1949 Moncks Corner, South Carolina [8]
Assumption Abbey Trappist 1950 Ava, Missouri [9]
Holy Cross Abbey Trappist 1950 Berryville, Virginia [10]
St. Joseph Abbey Trappist 1950 Spencer Massachusetts [11]
Abbey of the Genesee Trappist 1951 Piffard, New York [12]
Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey Trappist 1955 Lafayette, Oregon The community moved from the abbey at Pecos, New Mexico (founded 1948) to Oregon, where farming gave higher yields. [13]
Abbey of New Clairvaux Trappist 1955 Vina, California [14]
Valley of Our Lady Monastery Nuns (Common Observance) 1957 Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin The first Cistercian nunnery in the United States, founded by nuns from the Swiss Abbey of Frauenthal. [15]
Our Lady of Dallas Abbey Trappist 1958 Irving, Texas [16]
Redwoods Monastery Nuns (Trappist) 1962 Whitethorn, California Founded from the Cistercian monastery of Nazareth in Belgium. [17]
Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Nuns (Trappist) 1964 Dubuque, Iowa Daughter-house of Mt. St. Mary Abbey in Wrentham Massachusetts. [18]
Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels Nuns (Trappist) 1987 Crozet, VA [19]
Our Lady of Fatima Monastery Common Observence Mount Laurel, New Jersey
St Benedict Monastery Trappist Snowmass, Colorado [20]
Santa Rita Abbey Nuns (Trappist) Sonoita, Arizona [21]

[edit] Australia and New Zealand

Abbey Type Founded Location Details Website
Tarrawarra Abbey 1954 Victoria, Australia Founded from Ireland. Since 1998 Tarrawarra has had a daughter house in Kerala, India: Kurisumala Ashram. [22]
Southern Star Abbey 1954 Kopua, New Zealand [23]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ [http://www.ocso.org/HTM/net/faq-eng.htm#chi FAQ-eng
  2. ^ Rob Baedeker (March 24, 2008). Good Works: Monks build multimillion-dollar business and give the money away. San Francisco Chronicle.

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