RAINALD OF BAR, BL.

Abbot; d. Provence, France, 1150. Rainald (Raynald) came from the family of the counts of Bar-sur-Seine and joined the cistercians at clairvaux. With the nomination of bernard of clairvaux he was made abbot of cÎteaux c. 1133 or 1134, and during his administration, in 1147, the abbeys of obazine and savigny, with their affiliates, were incorporated into the order. Rainald also participated in the reconciliation of Bernard with abelard. The only work presently attributed to him is a part of the Instituta generalis capituli, a collection of statutes published, not as was previously thought in 1134, but c. 1150 or even perhaps as late as 1151 by Rainald's successor, Goswin (d. 1155). The abbot died in Provence in the course of a regular visitation, but he was buried at Cîteaux. He was honored as early as 1491 in the Cistercian martyrology.

Feast: Dec. 16.

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