Saint of the Day – 16 December – Blessed Raynald de Bar O.Cist. (Died 1150) Abbot of the Citeaux Abbey and a personal friend of St Bernard. Born in Bar-sur-Seine, France and died at Citeaux Monastery on 16 December 1150. Also known as – Rainald, Renaud, Raynard, Reinard or Rainhard.
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Blessed Raynald of Bar[a] was the 5th Abbot of Cîteaux from 1134 until his death. He succeeded the deposed Guy. Under Raynald, the Cistercian Order prospered and grew.
Raynald was the 2nd son of Count Milo II of Bar-sur-Seine and Matilda of Noyers. He became a Monk at Clairvaux Abbey and a personal friend of St Bernard.
Raynald is generally credited with compiling the Instituta Generalis Capituli Apud Cistercium, the earliest collection of the decisions of the Cistercian General Chapter and may also be credited with the shorter Capitula, a summary and re-arrangement of the Instituta.
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