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What made Saint Stephen Harding famous?

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Stephen was abbot there from c.1109 and from his abbacy date the Cistercians ; the spirit and organization of that order reflect St. Stephen's ideas. These are embodied in the Chart of Charity (c.1119); this, the main Cistercian constitutional paper, is a landmark in the course of Western monasticism.

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