Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cistercians in the British Isles St. Stephen Harding, third Abbot of Cîteaux (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 … Continue reading “Cistercians in the British Isles”

CISTERCIANS A religious order founded by St. Robert, a Benedictine, in the eleventh century. They became so powerful, that they governed almost all Europe both in spirituals and temporals. Cardinal de Vetri, describing their observances, says, they neither wore skins nor shirts, nor ever ate flesh, except in sickness; and abstained from fish, eggs, milk … Continue reading “Cistercians (2)”

Cistercian Sisters The first Cistercian monastery for women was established at Tart in the Diocese of Langres (now Dijon), in the year 1125, by sisters from the Benedictine monastery of Juilly, and with the co-operation of St. Stephen Harding, Abbot of Cîteaux. At Juilly, a dependence of Molesme, Ste Humbleine, sister of St. Bernard, lived … Continue reading “Cistercian Sisters”

Cistercian Nuns (Bernardines), a religious order founded in 1120 by abbot Stephen of Citeaux for the convent of Tarb. They followed the rule of Citeaux under the superintendence of the abbot general of the Cistercians. Later, they were frequently subjected to the jurisdiction of the bishops. Their habit was white, with a black veil, scapular, … Continue reading “Cistercian Nuns”

Cistercian College Roscrea Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland. Cistercian Abbey , founded 1818, by Dom Bruno Fitzpatrick, abbot of Mount Melleray. In 1905 it founded the Cistercian College Roscrea, a boarding school for boys. See also the abbey ‘s and college ‘s web sites. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Cistae were small chests or boxes which, among the ancient Greeks, were carried in procession in the festivals of Demeter and Dionysus. In these chests were certain utensils used in the worship of those deities. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cissa (Cyssa, or Cysse) is the name of two persons in the early history of Christian Britain: 1. A regulus in the reign of Kentwin, king of the West Saxons (A.D. 676- 685), having authority over what is now Wiltshire and the greater part of Berkshire. He was a benefactor of Abingdon monastery, founded by … Continue reading “Cissa”

Cisneros SEE XIMENES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cisleu SEE CHISLEU. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Cisleu the ninth month of the ecclesiastical, and the third of the civil, year among the Hebrews. It answers nearly to our November. Fuente: Biblical and Theological Dictionary

Cisholm, William a Scotch prelate, was, during the lifetime of his uncle William, constituted coadjutor and future successor in the see of Dunblane, in 1564. He was much employed by the queen in civil and public affairs. He was also one of the commissioners for the divorcing of the earl of Bothwell from lady Jane … Continue reading “Cisholm, William”