Raynald of Bar

Blessed Raynald of Bar^{[lower-alpha 1]} (died 16 December 1150) was the fifth Abbot of Cîteaux from 1134 until his death. He succeeded the deposed Guy and under him the Cistercian Order prospered and grew.^[1]

Raynald was the second son of Count Milo II of Bar-sur-Seine and Matilda of Noyers.^[2] He became a monk at Clairvaux Abbey and a personal friend of Bernard of Clairvaux.^[3]

Raynald is generally credited with compiling the Instituta generalis capituli apud Cistercium, the earliest collection of the decisions of the Cistercian general chapter,^[3] and may also be credited with the shorter Capitula, a summary and rearrangement of the Instituta.^[1]

Notes

1. Also spelled Rainald, Renaud, Raynard, Reinard or Rainhard.

1. Elder 2012, p. 122 n. 141.
2. Perry 2018, p. xxi.
3. Williams 1938, p. 44.

Sources

• Elder, E. Rozanne, ed. (2012). The Great Beginning of Cîteaux: A Narrative of the Beginning of the Cistercian Order. The Exordium Magnum of Conrad of Eberbach. Translated by Benedicta Ward; Paul Savage. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press.
• Perry, Guy (2018). The Briennes: The Rise and Fall of a Champenois Dynasty in the Age of the Crusades, c.950–1356. Cambridge University Press.
• Williams, Watkin (1938). "The First Cistercian Era". Monastic Studies. Manchester University Press. pp. 44–51.