Cistercian

The symbolism behind this Cistercian chapel's sculptural motifs is still not completely understood.

Trappist monasteries are also called Cistercian monasteries, and they follow the Rule of St. Benedict.

At some unknown point during the twelfth century the problem of waking up at night at the right time to ring the bell was solved, because, in a new version of the Rule for Cistercian monks, it says that the sacrist 'roused by the sound of the clock shall ring the church bell'.