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Tironensians

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Tironensians. Founded by St Bernard of Tiron (c.1046–1117), a former Benedictine monk of Poitiers, who became a hermit at Tiron (near Chartres), this Benedictine congregation was one of several ascetic communities established in the early 12th cent., of which the Cistercians were the most successful. Though most of its abbeys were in France, and only a few very small houses were established in England and Wales, the Tironensians flourished in Scotland, where there were four abbeys (Kelso to which the first community founded at Selkirk c.1113 moved in 1128, Kilwinning, Arbroath, and Lindores), which enjoyed considerable popularity.

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Tironensians

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Tironensians Founded by St Bernard of Tiron (c. 1046–1117), a former Benedictine monk of Poitiers, who became a hermit at Tiron (near Chartres), this Benedictine congregation was one of several ascetic communities established in the early 12th cent., of which the Cistercians were the most successful.

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