Clairvaux Abbey
abbey located in Aube, in France
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Summary
Clairvaux Abbey is a Cistercian monastery[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of cistercian monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,197 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Catholicism[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ville-sous-la-Ferté[4]
- Country: France[5]
- Instance of: abbey[6], Main Abby[7], religious community[8]
- Architectural style: Cistercian architecture[9]
- Child organization or unit: Villers Abbey[10]
- Commons category: Abbaye de Clairvaux[11]
- Occupant: Clairvaux Prison[12]
- Archives at: Departmental archives of Aube[13]
- Inception: 1115[14]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1791[15]
- Religious order: Cistercians[16]
- Mother house: Cîteaux Abbey[17]
- Diocese: Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres[18]
- Official website: http://abbayedeclairvaux.com/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Abbaye de Clairvaux[20]
- Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26]
- Heritage designation: classified historical monument[27], monument historique inscrit[28]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Clairvaux Abbey[29]
- Category for people buried here: Q9534829[30]
- Position held by head of the organization: abbot of Clairvaux[31]
- Christian liturgical rite: Roman Rite[32]
- P14536: 340375[33]
Why It Matters
Clairvaux Abbey has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]