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Abbey Magazine Fall/Winter 2020

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ABBEY MAGAZINE

06

THE FOUNDATION OF THE

NORBERTINE ORDER

Pope Calixtus II knew Norbert was a strong

itinerant preacher yet wanted to found a

religious order so that its members could inherit

Norbert’s apostolic zeal. Norbert and the

Bishop of Laon in present-day France sought

a place to erect a monastery. When Norbert

arrived in the valley of Prémontré, he spent

the night in a chapel dedicated to St. John

the Baptist and awoke certain it was God’s

chosen place, having also had a vision of men

clothed in white. Soon after, seven of his followers

became his disciples and the Bishop

of Laon gave them the white habit, which

tradition holds was indicated to Norbert by

the Virgin Mary in a vision. The habit came

to represent an external mark of the Norbertines’

internal piety and devotion to Mary.

LA FUNDACIÓN DE LA OR-

DEN DE LOS NORBERTINOS

El Papa Calixto II, sabía que Norberto era un

fuerte predicador itinerante, pero que deseaba

una orden religiosa para que sus miembros

heredaran el fervor apostólico de Norberto.

Norberto y el obispo de Laon, en la actual

Francia, buscaron un lugar para erigir un monasterio.

Cuando Norberto llegó al valle

de Prémontré, pasó la noche en la capilla

dedicada a San Juan Bautista y, después

de tener una visión de hombres vestidos de

blanco, despertó con la certeza de que Dios

había elegido el lugar. Poco después, siete de

sus seguidores se volvieron sus discípulos y el

obispo de Laon les dio un hábito blanco, que la

tradición sostiene que la virgen María se lo indicó

a Norberto en una visión. El hábito llegó

a representar una marca externa de la piedad

interna y devoción a María de los norbertinos.

EVER ANCIENT, EVER NEW

1121 – Norbert of Xanten founds the Norbertine Order

Today: The Norbertines honor the history of our founder in the new Murals of

St. Norbert, installed November 2020 at St. Norbert Abbey.

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