31. Tintern Abbey was founded in 1131 by Cistercian monks , and largely rebuilt in the 13th century. 32. The abbey was continuously inhabited by Cistercian monks until 1830 when it sold to a local family. 33. During the Middle Ages, the entire area was controlled by the Cistercian monks of Furness Abbey. 34. He became a Cistercian monk at Baltinglass, and eventually rose to be abbot of that house. 35. The Cistercian monks were buried directly in the ground ( without a coffin ) and face down. 36. In 1975, after two years as a Cistercian monk , he entered Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1977. 37. With the creation of Portugal, King Afonso Henriques donated the lands to Cistercian monks , around 1153. 38. Two years later her father died after having been accidentally poisoned through medicine prepared by a Cistercian monk . 39. William de Remmyngton was a Cistercian monk at Sawley Abbey, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire. 40. Born in the early twelfth century, he became a Cistercian monk and abbot of Pontigny in 1137.
