name

Stephen (Harding) / Stephan Harding

                    Latin name

Stephanus (Harding)

             baptismal name

                             born

1059 in Merriott (England)

            higher education

Lismore (Ireland), Paris, Rome

    begin of monastic life

in Sherborne (osb)

              responsibilities

monk in Cîteaux

third abbot of Cîteaux (1109-1133)

spiritual father of the future Cistercian order

                              died

March 28/29, 1134 in Cîteaux

                           buried

in Cîteaux