Order of Fontevraud

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The Order of Fontevraud was a medieval monastic order, notable for its double communities of monks and nuns governed by an abbess, centered at Fontevraud Abbey in France.

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Order of Fontevraud canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious order
monastic order
country France
dissolved French Revolution
late 18th century
floruit 12th century
13th century
High Middle Ages
follows Fontevrist customary
Rule of Saint Benedict
foundedBy Robert of Arbrissel
governedBy Abbess of Fontevraud
hasActivity ascetic practice
care for the poor
contemplative life
liturgical prayer
hasBurialSite Eleanor of Aquitaine
Henry II of England
Isabella of Angoulême
Richard I of England
hasCanonicalStatus recognized by papacy
hasCharacteristic centralized governance under a single abbess
communities of monks and nuns
double monastery
governed by an abbess
hasGenderPolicy mixed-gender order with female headship
hasHeadquartersLocation Fontevraud Abbey
hasLanguage Latin
Old French
hasMainSite Fontevraud Abbey
hasNotableMember Eleanor of Aquitaine
Henry II of England
Petronilla of Chemillé
Richard I of England
Robert of Arbrissel
hasRuleOn strict enclosure for nuns
subordination of monks to abbess
hasTerritorialExtent England
France
Iberian Peninsula
hasTypeOfOrganization centralized monastic congregation
inception circa 1100
early 12th century
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Anjou
Maine-et-Loire
namedAfter Fontevraud Abbey
partOf Benedictine tradition
linked to: Benedictines
patron Plantagenet dynasty
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Fontevraud Abbey religiousOrder Order of Fontevraud
subject linked to: Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France
Fontevraud Abbey religiousOrder Order of Fontevraud
Robert of Arbrissel founded Order of Fontevraud