Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(CLARAVALLIS), the name of a celebrated Cistercian abbey, in a valley of the Department Aube, in France. Bernard became its abbot in 1115, and the monastery was the model of monasticism in the 12th and 13th centuries. — Neander, Ch. History, 4, 254. (See BERNARD); (See CISTERCIANS).
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Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Clairvaux'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/clairvaux.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.