Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance
 OriginsIt is in Africa that monastic life finds its origins |  3rd centuryEnd of Roman persecutions |  4th centuryBirth of cenobitism |
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 5th centuryMonastic Beginnings in Europe |  10th centuryDevelopment and growth |  From the 11th centuryRenewal |
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