Monastery Of Santa María De Nogales
The monastery of Santa María de Nogales (Spanish: Monasterio de Santa María de Nogales) was a Cistercian monastery in Spain. Its ruins still exist in the environs of San Esteban de Nogales. Several important figures are buried there, including Sancha Ponce de Cabrera, Pedro Ponce de Cabrera and his wife Aldonza Alfonso de León Aldonza Alfonso de León (c. 1215–1266) was an illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso IX of León Alfonso IX (15 August 117123 or 24 September 1230) was King of León and Galicia from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until hi .... Sources Monasteries in Castile and León Cistercian monasteries in Spain {{Spain-stub ...
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Cistercians
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule. They are also known as Bernardines, after Saint Bernard himself, or as White Monks, in reference to the colour of the "cuculla" or cowl (choir robe) worn by the Cistercians over their habits, as opposed to the black cowl worn by Benedictines. The term ''Cistercian'' derives from ''Cistercium,'' the Latin name for the locale of Cîteaux, near Dijon in eastern France. It was here that a group of Benedictine monks from the monastery of Molesme founded Cîteaux Abbey in 1098, with the goal of following more closely the Rule of Saint Benedict. The best known of them were Robert of Molesme, Alberic of Cîteaux and the English ...
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