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==Monastery of Cîteaux==
==Monastery of Cîteaux==
The Benedictine monastery was in dire condition and declining enrollment, three years without any new monks. When Bernard explained his intentions to family, they were appalled at the lifestyle he would be entering. St. Bernard had persuaded four of his brothers, one uncle, and 26 other men to join him. By his third year, 1115, he became Abbot. As a young Abbot, he published a series of sermons on the Annunciation. These marked him as the most gifted spiritual writer. <ref>[http://www.ccel.org/b/bernard/ St. Bernard of Clairvaux] Christian Classics Ethereal Library</ref>
The Benedictine monastery was in dire condition and declining enrollment, three years without any new monks. When Bernard explained his intentions to family, they were appalled at the lifestyle he would be entering. St. Bernard had persuaded four of his brothers, one uncle, and 26 other men to join him. By his third year, 1115, he became Abbot. As a young Abbot, he published a series of sermons on the Annunciation. These marked him as the most gifted spiritual writer. <ref>[http://www.ccel.org/b/bernard/ St. Bernard of Clairvaux] Christian Classics Ethereal Library</ref> He would create many more monestaries, including Clairvaux.
==Pope Innocent II==
==Pope Innocent II==