The Collège of Bernardins, or Collège Saint-Bernard, located no 20, rue de Poissy in the

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, is a former

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college of the

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. Founded by Stephen of Lexington, abbot of Clairvaux, and built from 1248 with the encouragement of

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, it served until the French Revolution as the residence for the Cistercian monks who were studying at the University of Paris. After an overall renovation completed in September 2008, Les Échos "La résurrection du collège des Bernadins", d'Annick Colybes, mercredi 3 septembre 2008. it is now a place for meetings, dialogues, training and culture. It offers a program of public conferences and symposia, exhibitions, concerts, activities for young people and a theological and biblical studies center. The Ecole Cathédrale offers coursework on Christian thought and every year enrolls over 3,000 students in its courses. Since 2009, it has housed the Académie catholique de France. The college was listed as a French historical monument in 10 February 1871. The Foundation des Bernardins, which operates the college, is placed under the control of the Notre-Dame cathedral foundation, both of which are supervised by the government of France. In 2023, 28.8% of the college's budget was paid by the catholic

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References, notes and bibliography

Bibliography

Collège des Bernardins

* Directed by Vincent Aucante, ''Le Collège des Bernardins'', Association du 18-24 Poissy, Paris, 2008 ; p. 256 * Pierre Engel, ''La résurrection du Collège des Bernardins'', p. 198-209, dans le ''Bulletin Ouvrages métalliques'', 6, 2010 ; p. 256

Medieval Monastic Orders

* Henri-Irénée Marrou, ''L'église de l'Antiquité tardive (303-604)'', Éditions du Seuil (collection ''Points Histoires'' H81), Paris, 1985 ; p. 321 * Jean Chélini, ''Histoire religieuse de l'Occident médiéval'', Hachette - Pluriel, Paris, 1991 ; p. 661 * Marcel Pacaut, ''Les ordres monastiques et religieux au Moyen Âge'', Nathan, Paris, 1993 ; p. 256 * Directed by Jacques Berlioz, ''Moines et religieux au Moyen Âge'', Éditions du Seuil (collection ''Points Histoire '' H185), Paris, 1994 ; p. 346 * Jacques Paul, ''Le christianisme occidental au Moyen Âge. (IVth to XVth century)'', Armand Colin, Paris, 2004 ; p. 396 * Geneviève Bührer-Thierry, Charles Mériaux, ''Histoire de France. La France avant la France (481-888)'', Éditions Belin, Paris, 2010 ; p. 688

Parisian Colleges & Universities

* Jacques Verger, ''Les universités au Moyen Âge'', puf (collection ''Quadrige'', Paris, 2007 ; p. 226 * Aurélie Perraut, ''L'architecture des collèges parisiens au Moyen Âge'', Presses universitaires Paris Sorbonne (collection ''cultures et civilisations médiévales'' 46), Paris, 2009 ; p. 467 * Michel Sot, Jean-Patrice Boudet, Anita Guerreau-Jalabert, ''Histoire culturelle de la France. Tome 1. Le Moyen Âge'', Éditions du Seuil (collection ''Points Histoire'' H348), Paris, 2005 ; p. 472 * Jacques Le Goff, ''Les intellectuels au Moyen Âge'', Éditions du Seuil (collection ''Points Histoire'' H78), Paris, 2000 ; p. 233

Cistercian culture

* Directed by Julie Roux, ''Les cisterciens'', MSM, Vic-en-Bigorre, 2003 ; p. 320 *

Georges Duby Georges Duby (; 7 October 1919 – 3 December 1996) was a French historian who specialised in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of Fra ...

, ''Saint Bernard. L'art cistercien'', Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1976 ; p. 222

References

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