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Pope Benedict XII issues the papal bull Fulgens sicut stella matutina to reform the Cistercian Order.
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Pope Benedict XII
Head of the Catholic Church from 1334 to 1342
Pope Benedict XII, born Jacques Fournier, was a cardinal and inquisitor, and later, head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1334 to his death, in April 1342. He was the third Avignon pope and reformed monastic orders and opposed nepotism. Unable to remove his capital to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fulgens sicut stella matutina
1335 papal bull by Pope Benedict XII
Fulgens sicut stella matutina is a papal bull issued by Pope Benedict XII in Sorgues on July 12, 1335, to initiate a reform of the Cistercian Order, which had been founded in 1119. The bull prescribed four measures: economic consolidation of the indebted convents, compulsory…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cistercians
Catholic religious order
The Cistercians, officially the Order of Cistercians, 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 Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
July 12
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