Cistercian Nuns (O. Cist.)

Also known as: Zisterzienserinnen (Deutsch) / Monjas cistercienses (Bernardas) (español) / Moniales cisterciennes (français) / Freiras cistercienses (Português)

Type: Religious Order or Institute with independent houses of Pontifical Right (for Women)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Saints (3)

1250: Saint Alice de Schaerbeek, religious

1246: Saint Lutgarde de Tongres, religious

1218: Saint Franca di Piacenza, abbess

Blesseds (6)

1794: Blessed Marie de Saint-Henri (Marguerite-Eléonore de Justamond), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed du-Saint-Sacrement (Madeleine-Françoise de Justamond), religious and martyr

1290: Blessed Ida of Louvain, religious

1256: Blessed Mafalda de Portugal, religious

1229: Blessed Sancha de Portugal, abbess

1141: Blessed Ombeline de Jully, religious

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 57

Members: 744

Last updated on 2026.02.24

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