Note 312 — Chapter IX · The Gothic Art of Burgundy[267] (continued 2)
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As at Cîteaux, scarcely an ancient vestige remains at Clairvaux. The XII-century monastic storehouse now serves as a house of detention. All trace of St. Bernard’s tomb has been lost. The Revolution finished what the Huguenot wars and the absentee commendatory abbots began.