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Cistercians
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03780c.htmReligious of the Order of Cīteaux, a Benedictine reform, established at Cīteaux in 1098 by St. Robert, Abbot of Molesme in the Diocese of Langres, for the purpose of restoring as far as possible the literal observance of the Rule of St. Benedict.
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