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Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance

Origins

Origins

It is in Africa that monastic life finds its origins

3rd century

3rd century

End of Roman persecutions

4th century

4th century

Birth of cenobitism

5th century

5th century

Monastic Beginnings in Europe

10th century

10th century

Development and growth

From the 11th century

From the 11th century

Renewal

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