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When was Clairvaux Abbey founded?

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St. Bernard of Clairvaux — 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.

The Clairvaux Abbey was founded in 1115. It was established by St. Bernard of Clairvaux, who was appointed by St. Stephen Harding to lead a small group of monks to the site on the borders of Burgundy and Champagne.123