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(town, abbey) Town in the Champagne region of France, c.124 km from Dijon. On 25 June 1115, Bernard of Clairvaux and his companions established a Cistercian monastery in the valley ...

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Clairvaux
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 30 words
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in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev) Length: 274 words
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in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages Length: 65 words
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