Blessed Raynald of Bar[a] (died 16 December 1150) was the fifth Abbot of Cîteaux from 1134 until his death. He succeeded the deposed Guy and under him the Cistercian Order prospered and grew.[1]
Raynald was the second son of Count Milo II of Bar-sur-Seine and Matilda of Noyers.[2] He became a monk at Clairvaux Abbey and a personal friend of Bernard of Clairvaux.[3]
Raynald is generally credited with compiling the Instituta generalis capituli apud Cistercium, the earliest collection of the decisions of the Cistercian general chapter,[3] and may also be credited with the shorter Capitula, a summary and rearrangement of the Instituta.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ Also spelled Rainald, Renaud, Raynard, Reinard or Rainhard.
- ^ a b Elder 2012, p. 122 n. 141.
- ^ Perry 2018, p. xxi.
- ^ a b Williams 1938, p. 44.
Sources
edit- Elder, E. Rozanne, ed. (2012). The Great Beginning of Cîteaux: A Narrative of the Beginning of the Cistercian Order. The Exordium Magnum of Conrad of Eberbach. Translated by Benedicta Ward; Paul Savage. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press.
- Perry, Guy (2018). The Briennes: The Rise and Fall of a Champenois Dynasty in the Age of the Crusades, c.950–1356. Cambridge University Press.
- Williams, Watkin (1938). "The First Cistercian Era". Monastic Studies. Manchester University Press. pp. 44–51.