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St. Robert of Molesme
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Born c.1027 • Troyes • France
Died 1110 • Burgundy
Founder Cistercians
St. Benedict of Nursia
St. Benedict
Italian monk
St. Oswald of York
English saint
Franciscus Ludovicus Blosius
French monk
Francis Aidan Gasquet
British cardinal
Saint Benedict of Aniane
French bishop
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
Saint Odo of Cluny
French abbot
Adso of Montier-en-Der
Benedictine monk and abbot
William of Saint-Thierry
French philosopher
Ratramnus
Benedictine theologian
Pope Benedict XII
Benedict XII
pope
Blessed Urban V
pope
Saint Paschasius Radbertus
French monk and writer
Mabillon, engraving by Loir after a painting by Halle
Jean Mabillon
French scholar
Bernard de Cluny
French monk
Peter the Hermit
Peter the Hermit
French ascetic
Jacqueline-Marie-Angélique Arnauld
French abbess
Armand-Jean Le Bouthillier de Rancé
French abbot
Guéranger, Prosper-Louis-Pascal
Prosper-Louis-Pascal Guéranger
French monk
Dom Joseph Pothier
French composer

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