His mother later became a Cistercian nun and he was then raised by his grandmother.

Finally, both Mafalda and her sisters became Cistercian nuns.

It was founded by Cistercian nuns who moved from their previous site at La Bovera in the 13th century.

In 1266, the Benedictines were replaced by a group of Cistercian nuns from Greece.

In the middle of the 13th Century, Fraubrunnen Abbey was founded by Cistercian nuns.

A century later the Cistercian nuns had established houses in Switzerland, Germany, and Flanders.

Example of a scapular that forms part of a monastic habit (Cistercian nuns)

The current church was rebuilt from 1585 to 1603 for a monastery of Cistercian nuns founded on the site in 1587 which still exists there.

It derives from the Cistercian nuns who were granted the hill in 1242.

After joining the community of Cistercian nuns at Helfta around 1272, she added a seventh book, rather different in tone from the previous six.