Saint Stephen Harding - March 28 Saint Stephen Harding Also known as Stephen of Citeaux Esteban… Etienne… Stefano… Stevan… Memorial 28 March formerly 17 April formerly 16 July formerly 26 January …More
Saint Stephen Harding - March 28
Saint Stephen Harding
Also known as
Stephen of Citeaux
Esteban…
Etienne…
Stefano…
Stevan…
Memorial
28 March
formerly 17 April
formerly 16 July
formerly 26 January
Profile
Born to the English nobility. After a somewhat mis-spent youth, he was drawn to religious life and entered the Benedictine Sherborne Abbey. Following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Stephen left the monastic life, moved to Scotland and then to Paris, France to study. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy, seeking forgiveness for having abandoned monasticism. Monk at Molesme Abbey. With Saint Robert of Molesme, he helped begin the Cistercian reform by helping found Citeaux Abbey in 1098. Chosen abbot of the house in 1109, he came in with a reformer’s zeal and administrative skill. Accepted Saint Bernard of Clairvaux into the Order with all the reform and expansion that he and his brothers brought with them. Helped found a dozen other Cistercian houses. amd gave the statutes that started the Cistician nuns. His reform work aimed at simplicity in all things including liturgical rites, church decor, monastic dress, and life in the Order.
Born
c.1060 in Meriot, Sherborne, England
Died
28 March 1134 at Citeaux, France of natural causes
buried at Citeaux Abbey
Canonized
1623 by Pope Urban VIII
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Saint Stephen Harding
Also known as
Stephen of Citeaux
Esteban…
Etienne…
Stefano…
Stevan…
Memorial
28 March
formerly 17 April
formerly 16 July
formerly 26 January
Profile
Born to the English nobility. After a somewhat mis-spent youth, he was drawn to religious life and entered the Benedictine Sherborne Abbey. Following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Stephen left the monastic life, moved to Scotland and then to Paris, France to study. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy, seeking forgiveness for having abandoned monasticism. Monk at Molesme Abbey. With Saint Robert of Molesme, he helped begin the Cistercian reform by helping found Citeaux Abbey in 1098. Chosen abbot of the house in 1109, he came in with a reformer’s zeal and administrative skill. Accepted Saint Bernard of Clairvaux into the Order with all the reform and expansion that he and his brothers brought with them. Helped found a dozen other Cistercian houses. amd gave the statutes that started the Cistician nuns. His reform work aimed at simplicity in all things including liturgical rites, church decor, monastic dress, and life in the Order.
Born
c.1060 in Meriot, Sherborne, England
Died
28 March 1134 at Citeaux, France of natural causes
buried at Citeaux Abbey
Canonized
1623 by Pope Urban VIII
catholicsaints.info/saint-stephen-harding/
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Alkelda of Middleham
Antonio Patrizi
Castor of Tarsus
Christopher Wharton
Conon of Naso
Cyril the Deacon
Dedë Maçaj
Donal O’Neylan
Dorotheus of Tarsus
Gundelindis of Niedermünster
Guntramnus
Hesychius of Jerusalem
Hilarion of Pelecete
Jean-Baptiste Malo
Jeanne Marie de Maille
Joseph Sebastian Pelczar
Proterius of Alexandria
Renée-Marie Feillatreau épouse Dumont
Rogatus the Martyr
Stephen Harding
Successus the Martyr
Tutilo of Saint-Gall
Venturino of Bergamo
—
Martyrs of Caesarea
Alexander
Malchus
Priscus
—
Conall of Kilskyre
Wilhelm Eiselin
Antonio Patrizi
Castor of Tarsus
Christopher Wharton
Conon of Naso
Cyril the Deacon
Dedë Maçaj
Donal O’Neylan
Dorotheus of Tarsus
Gundelindis of Niedermünster
Guntramnus
Hesychius of Jerusalem
Hilarion of Pelecete
Jean-Baptiste Malo
Jeanne Marie de Maille
Joseph Sebastian Pelczar
Proterius of Alexandria
Renée-Marie Feillatreau épouse Dumont
Rogatus the Martyr
Stephen Harding
Successus the Martyr
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Venturino of Bergamo
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Alexander
Malchus
Priscus
—
Conall of Kilskyre
Wilhelm Eiselin