. The greater abbeys of England. left St. Marys Abbey on Octo-ber 4, 1132, taking nothing away with them but theirreligious habits. St. Bernard subsequently wrote toAbbot Geoffrey of St. Marys to deny that he or any ofthe Clairvaulx monks had suggested or inspired thisexodus from his monastery, but at the same time he indi-cated that to him in all this movement the working ofGods Spirit could be seen. The Saint also wrote to en-courage the monks of the York abbey who desired to passunder his* rule, and to tell them he was sending BrotherGeoffrey, a holy and religious man, to rule overthem and
. The greater abbeys of England. left St. Marys Abbey on Octo-ber 4, 1132, taking nothing away with them but theirreligious habits. St. Bernard subsequently wrote toAbbot Geoffrey of St. Marys to deny that he or any ofthe Clairvaulx monks had suggested or inspired thisexodus from his monastery, but at the same time he indi-cated that to him in all this movement the working ofGods Spirit could be seen. The Saint also wrote to en-courage the monks of the York abbey who desired to passunder his* rule, and to tell them he was sending BrotherGeoffrey, a holy and religious man, to rule overthem and train them in the practices of the CistercianOrder. In the meantime the twelve monks from St. Marys,York, with Prior Richard at their head, had left theircloister and were shut up in the house of ArchbishopThurstan, since, notwithstanding the protests and cen-sures of their abbot, they refused to return to St. , the Achbishop gave them a plot of ground nearRipon, which had previously been a wild, uncultivated [116]. ^^-P^ r^ri Y- FOUNTAINS place. It was situated near to the running water of theriver Skell, was enclosed by rocky ground and thorn-covered hills, and was a fitting place in which to build forthemselves a monastery of strict observance. He ap-pointed Prior Richard their abbot and blessed him uponChristmas Day, 1132. The winter was upon them and itwas passed amid great privations, for there were as yet nobuildings whatever, and the little colony was lodged be-neath a giant elm which stood in the midst of the valleyand possibly also under some of the great yew trees whichbear the name of the seven sisters, and one or two ofwhich, preserved in their old age with every care, stillremain. The elm, as a manifestation of Gods care overthis little flock, is said to have kept its leaves green duringthe whole of the long northern winter. There the monksall lived together, twelve priests and one deacon, and, asfar as might be, carried out the regular life during th
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