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Monks following the rule of St Benedict, who established the order in the sixth century. The rule of Benedict was the basis of a number of monastic orders founded in the tenth century, the first being that of Cluny (910) but the most important of which was that of the Cistercians, who wanted to return to the letter of St Benedict’s rule (c.1100). The Cistercians were a particularly important order in Wales.