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How long did it take for Clairvaux Abbey to become self-sufficient?
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, detail of an altarpiece by the Florentine School, early 15th century; in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by St. Bernard of Clairvaux, required well over a decade of extreme deprivation before it achieved self-sufficiency.12