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Cistercians in the British Isles
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16025b.htmSt. Stephen Harding, third Abbot of Cīteaux (1109-33), was an Englishman and his influence in the early organization of the Cistercian Order had been very great. It was natural therefore that, when, after the coming of St. Bernard and his companions in 1113, foundations began to multiply, the project of sending a colony of monks to England should find favourable consideration.
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