A painting commemorating the 1111 founding of the monastery of Citeaux, showing saints Robert, Alberic, and Stephen Harding venerating the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Stephen Harding (d. March 28, 1134), is a Christian saint and monastic abbot, one of the founders of the Cistercian Order. Events Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Paschal II Baldwin VII of Flanders becomes Count of Flanders Deaths March 3 - Bohemund I, prince of Antioch Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali, muslim theologian Robert II of Flanders Categories: 1111 ... 16th century Citeaux, perspective view (engraving) Cîteaux Abbey (abbaye de Cîteaux) is a Catholic abbey located in Saint-Nicolas-les-Cîteaux, south of France. ... A painting of the founders of Citeaux, showing saints Robert, Alberic, and Stephen Harding venerating the Blessed Virgin Mary. ... A painting of the founding of Citeaux, showing saints Alberic, Robert (in the blue habit), and Stephen Harding. ... Blessed Virgin Mary A traditional Catholic picture displayed sometimes in homes. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... Events Baalbeck taken by Genghis Khan House of Brandenburg begins when Albrecht the Bear is made head of the Nordmark St. ... Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ... General definition of saint In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. ... An abbot (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Latin abbas (genitive form, abbatis), Old English abbad, ; German Abt; French abbé) is the head and chief governor of a community of monks, called also in the East hegumenos or The English version for a female monastic head... Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black Catholic order of monks. ...

While Stephen Harding was born in Dorset, and though his name is Anglo-Saxon, he was a speaker of French, as well as Latin. He was educated at the abbey of Sherborne and became a scholar. He later moved to the abbey of Molesme in Burgundy, under the abbot Saint Robert (c. 1027 - 1111). Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ... Latin - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Sherborne Abbey Sherborne is an affluent market town in north west Dorset, England, situated on the River Yeo and A30 road, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale six miles east of Yeovil. ... Coat of arms of the 2nd duchy of Burgundy and later of the French province of Burgundy Burgundy ( French: Bourgogne) is a historic region of France, inhabited in turn by Pre-Indo-European people, Celts ( Gauls), Romans ( Gallo-Romans), and various Germanic peoples, most importantly the Burgundians and the Franks. ... A painting of the founders of Citeaux, showing saints Robert, Alberic, and Stephen Harding venerating the Blessed Virgin Mary. ... Events March 26 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Paschal II Baldwin VII of Flanders becomes Count of Flanders Deaths March 3 - Bohemund I, prince of Antioch Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali, muslim theologian Robert II of Flanders Categories: 1111 ...

When Robert left Molesme to avoid its corruption and laxity, Stephen and Saint Alberic went with him. Unlike Alberic, however, Stephen was not ordered to return, and he remained in solitude with Robert. When twenty-one monks deserted Molesme to join Robert, Stephen Harding, and Alberic, the three leaders formed a new monastery at Citeaux. A painting of the founding of Citeaux, showing saints Alberic, Robert (in the blue habit), and Stephen Harding. ... 16th century Citeaux, perspective view (engraving) Cîteaux Abbey (abbaye de Cîteaux) is a Catholic abbey located in Saint-Nicolas-les-Cîteaux, south of France. ...

At Citeaux, Saint Robert was initially abbot. However, Robert returned to Molesme after a year, and Alberic took over, until his death in 1108. Stephen Harding, the youngest of the three men, therefore became the third abbot of Citeaux after Robert and Alberic. As abbot, Stephen Harding guided the new monastery over a period of great growth. Saint Bernard came to visit in 1112 and brought with him his followers. Between 1112 and 1119, a dozen new Cistercian houses were founded to contain the monks coming to the new, austere, reformed monastic movement. In 1119, Stephen wrote up the Charta of Charity, which is a defining document in the Cistercian Order and establishes its unifying principles. Events May - Battle of Ucles Consecration of Chichester cathedral Saint Magnus becomes the first earl of Orkney In Pistoia, Italy, Cathedral of San Zeno burned to the ground. ... The following people and items share the name Bernard. ... Events The people of Laon, France, proclaim a commune and murder their bishop Salzwedel, Germany is founded The German state of Baden is founded Afonso I becomes king of Portugal Otto of Ballenstedt is made Duke of Saxony by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Births Deaths Tancred, Prince of Galilee... Events February 2 - Callixtus II becomes Pope August 20 - Henry I of England routes Louis VI at the Battle of Bremule. ...

Stephen ruled the house at Citeaux for twenty-five years. While no single person founded the Cistercian Order, most of the credit for the shape of Cistercian belief and its rapid growth in the 12th century goes to Stephen Harding. In 1133, he resigned the head of the order, due to his age and increasing blindness. He died the following year. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Events Geoffrey of Monmouth produces the Historia Regum Britanniae Durham Cathedral is completed Construction of Exeter Cathedral begun Births 25 March - Henry II of England Honen Shonin, who later established Pure Land Buddhism as an independent sect in Japan Deaths Categories: 1133 ...

His feast day is April 17. The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ...